SpringerBriefs on Cyber Security Systems and Networks Location Privacy in Mobile Applications - Bo Liu Wanlei Zhou Tianqing Zhu Yong Xiang Kun Wang Kartoniert (TB)

This book provides a comprehensive study of the state of the art in location privacy for mobile applications. It presents an integrated five-part framework for location privacy research which includes the analysis of location privacy definitions attacks and adversaries location privacy protection methods location privacy metrics and location-based mobile applications. In addition it analyses the relationships between the various elements of location privacy and elaborates on real-world attacks in a specific application. Furthermore the book features case studies of three applications a nd shares valuable insights into future research directions. Shedding new light on key research issues in location privacy and promoting the advance and development of future location-based mobile applications it will be of interest to a broad readership from students to researchers and engineers in the field.