The surging deployment of WiFi hotspots in public places drives the blossoming of location-
based services (LBSs) available. A recent measurement reveals that a large portion of the …

A recent measurement reveals that a large portion of the reported locations is either forged
or superfluous, which raises security issues such as bogus alibis and illegal usage of …

Although regarded as a promising approach for indoor localization, WiFi fingerprint-based
localization can lead to potential location privacy violations. In this work, we study the …

The rapid growth in the number of public hotspots offering wireless connectivity enables
tracking the location of a mobile subscriber at a much finer level compared to other widely …

Digital services and applications are increasingly requiring location information from users
to provide personalized services. However, disclosing one's location introduces significant …

In this paper, we study privacy models for privacy-preserving WiFi fingerprint based indoor
local-ization (PPIL) schemes. We show that many existing models are insufficient and make …

With rapid growth in technology and increase use of mobile devices, many enterprises have
started to move away from fixed workstations to wireless mobile workstations. Moreover …

Location-based information has become an attractive attribute for use in many services
including localization, tracking, positioning, and authentication. An additional layer of …

In the last decade, we observed a constantly growing number of Location-Based Services
(LBSs) used in indoor environments, such as for targeted advertising in shopping malls or …

With the democratization of mobile devices embedding different positioning capabilities,
location information is used for a variety of applications. On mobile devices, the geolocation …