Yet another Big Brother (the infrastructure behind location- based services) 1
Dec 04, 2014
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Yet another Big Brother
(the infrastructure behind location-based services)
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Whoami
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Location-based services?
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How does it work?
GPS
Antennas
Wifi
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Skyhook
11Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
12Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
13Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
14Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
15Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
16Source: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
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Privacy issues
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Is your wifi hotspot personal data?
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Who monitors the location provider?
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Is the client MAC address personal data
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Lessons Learned
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Privacy <> security
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Not encrypted <> Public
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Personal Data <>
Personally Identifiable Data
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Data can be (and will become increasingly)
a liability
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Resources
• http://epic.org/privacy/streetview/• http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/20
10/04/data-collected-by-google-cars.html• http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/wi
fi-data-collection-update.html• http://edri.org • http://www.skyhookwireless.com/
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