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MOBIWAC
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Calibration-free WLAN location system based on dynamic mapping of signal strength
In this work we present a calibration-free system for locating wireless local area network devices, based on the radio frequency characteristics of such networks. Calibration proc...
Luís Felipe M. de Moraes, Bruno Astuto A. N...
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
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15 years 9 months ago
Private queries in location based services: anonymizers are not necessary
Mobile devices equipped with positioning capabilities (e.g., GPS) can ask location-dependent queries to Location Based Services (LBS). To protect privacy, the user location must n...
Gabriel Ghinita, Panos Kalnis, Ali Khoshgozaran, C...
ACSAC
2005
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
PorKI: Making User PKI Safe on Machines of Heterogeneous Trustworthiness
As evidenced by the proliferation of phishing attacks and keystroke loggers, we know that human beings are not wellequipped to make trust decisions about when to use their passwor...
Sara Sinclair, Sean W. Smith
MOBISYS
2008
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Detecting energy-greedy anomalies and mobile malware variants
Mobile users of computation and communication services have been rapidly adopting battery-powered mobile handhelds, such as PocketPCs and SmartPhones, for their work. However, the...
Hahnsang Kim, Joshua Smith, Kang G. Shin
SOSP
2005
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
THINC: a virtual display architecture for thin-client computing
Rapid improvements in network bandwidth, cost, and ubiquity combined with the security hazards and high total cost of ownership of personal computers have created a growing market...
Ricardo A. Baratto, Leonard N. Kim, Jason Nieh