Protection of users’ privacy has been a central issue for location-based services (LBSs). In this paper, we classify two kinds of privacy protection requirements in LBS: location...
This paper tackles a major privacy threat in current location-based services where users have to report their exact locations to the database server in order to obtain their desire...
This paper presents PrivacyGrid - a framework for supporting anonymous location-based queries in mobile information delivery systems. The PrivacyGrid framework offers three unique...
Continued advances in mobile networks and positioning technologies have created a strong market push for location-based applications. Examples include location-aware emergency resp...
To benefit from a location-based service, a person must reveal her location to the service. However, knowing the person’s location might allow the service to re-identify the pe...