Preserving privacy in environments with location-based applications

Myles, Ginger and Friday, Adrian and Davies, Nigel (2003) Preserving privacy in environments with location-based applications. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2 (1). pp. 56-64. ISSN 1536-1268

Abstract

The increase in location-based applications makes protecting personal location information a major challenge. Addressing this challenge requires a mechanism that lets users automate control of their location information, thereby minimizing the extent to which the system intrudes on their lives.