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Social Issues in Ubiquitous Computing

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Location Privacy <strong>in</strong> Ubicomp<br />

• “… the claim of <strong>in</strong>dividuals to determ<strong>in</strong>e for themselves when, how,<br />

and to what extent location <strong>in</strong>formation about them is communicated<br />

to others. (Duckham and Kulik, 2006)<br />

• “… the ability to prevent other parties from learn<strong>in</strong>g one’s current or<br />

past location.“ (Beresford and Stajano, 2003)<br />

• “It‘s not about where you are... It‘s where you have been!“ (Gary<br />

Gale, Yahoo! UK)<br />

• Location records/profiles reveal/imply activities, <strong>in</strong>terests, identities,<br />

etc. by others<br />

• Where I live / work<br />

• Who I am (identity, name)<br />

• Where I often go<br />

• Where and when I spent <strong>in</strong><br />

• Some possible (but <strong>in</strong>sufficient) approaches<br />

• Anonymized access to location-aware service (if really need help?)<br />

• Random user IDs (but ISP can identify your IP address, etc.?)

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