Location Privacy in Mobile Applications

✍ Scribed by Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 109
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Cyber Security Systems and Networks
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive study of the state of the art in location privacy for mobile applications. It presents an integrated five-part framework for location privacy research, which includes the analysis of location privacy definitions, attacks and adversaries, location privacy protection methods, location privacy metrics, and location-based mobile applications. In addition, it analyses the relationships between the various elements of location privacy, and elaborates on real-world attacks in a specific application. Furthermore, the book features case studies of three applications and shares valuable insights into future research directions. Shedding new light on key research issues in location privacy and promoting the advance and development of future location-based mobile applications, it will be of interest to a broad readership, from students to researchers and engineers in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 1-15
Location Privacy-Preserving Mechanisms (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 17-31
Location Privacy in Mobile Social Network Applications (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 33-46
Location Privacy in Mobile Crowd Sensing Applications (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 47-76
Location Privacy in Wireless Vehicular Networks (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 77-97
Future Directions and Conclusions (Bo Liu, Wanlei Zhou, Tianqing Zhu, Yong Xiang, Kun Wang)....Pages 99-101

✦ Subjects

Computer Science; Privacy; Systems and Data Security; Mobile Computing