A survey on privacy in mobile participatory sensing applications

被引:281
作者
Christin, Delphine [1 ]
Reinhardt, Andreas [2 ]
Kanhere, Salil S. [3 ]
Hollick, Matthias [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Darmstadt, Secure Mobile Networking Lab, D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany
[2] Tech Univ Darmstadt, Multimedia Commun Lab, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
[3] Univ New S Wales, Sch Comp Sci & Engn, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
关键词
Mobile sensing; Participatory sensing; Privacy; PRESERVING PRIVACY; PHONES; SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1016/j.jss.2011.06.073
中图分类号
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The presence of multimodal sensors on current mobile phones enables a broad range of novel mobile applications. Environmental and user-centric sensor data of unprecedented quantity and quality can be captured and reported by a possible user base of billions of mobile phone subscribers worldwide. The strong focus on the collection of detailed sensor data may however compromise user privacy in various regards, e.g., by tracking a user's current location. In this survey, we identify the sensing modalities used in current participatory sensing applications, and assess the threats to user privacy when personal information is sensed and disclosed. We outline how privacy aspects are addressed in existing sensing applications, and determine the adequacy of the solutions under real-world conditions. Finally, we present countermeasures from related research fields, and discuss their applicability in participatory sensing scenarios. Based on our findings, we identify open issues and outline possible solutions to guarantee user privacy in participatory sensing. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1928 / 1946
页数:19
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