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Privacy in Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Editor
Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University
Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing is edited by Mahadev Satyanarayanan of Carnegie Mellon University. Mobile computing and pervasive computing represent major evolutionary steps in distributed systems, a line of research and development that dates back to the mid-1970s. Although many basic principles of distributed system design continue to apply, four key constraints of mobility have forced the development of specialized techniques. These include: unpredictable variation in network quality, lowered trust and robustness of mobile elements, limitations on local resources imposed by weight and size constraints, and concern for battery power consumption. Beyond mobile computing lies pervasive (or ubiquitous) computing, whose essence is the creation of environments saturated with computing and communication, yet gracefully integrated with human users. A rich collection of topics lies at the intersections of mobile and pervasive computing with many other areas of computer science.
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Privacy in Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Marc Langheinrich and Florian Schaub
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DOI 10.2200/S00882ED1V01Y201810MPC013
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SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING
Lecture #13
Series Editor: Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University
Series ISSN
Print 1933-9011 Electronic 1933-902X
Privacy in Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Marc Langheinrich
Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)
Florian Schaub
University of Michigan
SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING #13
ABSTRACT
It is easy to imagine that a future populated with an ever-increasing number of mobile and pervasive devices that record our minute goings and doings will significantly expand the amount of information that will be collected, stored, processed, and shared about us by both corporations and governments. The vast majority of this data is likely to benefit us greatly—making our lives more convenient, efficient, and safer through custom-tailored and context-aware services that anticipate what we need, where we need it, and when we need it. But beneath all this convenience, efficiency, and safety lurks the risk of losing control and awareness of what is known about us in the many different contexts of our lives. Eventually, we may find ourselves in a situation where something we said or did will be misinterpreted and held against us, even if the activities were perfectly innocuous at the time. Even more concerning, privacy implications rarely manifest as an explicit, tangible harm. Instead, most privacy harms manifest as an absence of opportunity, which may go unnoticed even though it may substantially impact our lives.
In this Synthesis Lecture, we dissect and discuss the privacy implications of mobile and pervasive
