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Location Privacy: Ensuring Control and Protection in an Evolving Digital Landscape

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By Shahabuddin Amerudin Abstract In today’s interconnected world, location-based services have become an integral part of our daily lives. These services, which rely on various technologies such as satellite navigation systems, mobile carrier antennas, and wireless networks, enable us to navigate, communicate, and access a wide range of information. However, the pervasive use of location data raises significant concerns regarding location privacy. This article delves into the concept of location privacy, emphasizing the importance of individuals’ ability to control the disclosure and use of their location data. It explores the methods used to determine a device’s physical location and discusses […]

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Strategies for Lowering Positioning Accuracy in GIS Databases: Balancing Privacy and Precision

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Suggestion for Citation: Amerudin, S. (2023). Strategies for Lowering Positioning Accuracy in GIS Databases: Balancing Privacy and Precision. [Online] Available at: https://people.utm.my/shahabuddin/?p=6291 (Accessed: 9 April 2023).

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Location Privacy: The Importance of Protecting Personal Information

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Suggestion for Citation: Amerudin, S. (2023). Location Privacy: The Importance of Protecting Personal Information. [Online] Available at: https://people.utm.my/shahabuddin/?p=6289 (Accessed: 9 April 2023).

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Location Privacy

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Beresford and Stajano define location privacy as “the ability to prevent other parties from learning one’s current or past location.” This definition specifies that the data subject—or the person whose location data is affected—should have control over the use and subsequent use of their data, which can be viewed as an extension of the previously presented definition of privacy. The device’s physical location can be determined using one of three methods: (1) satellite navigation systems like the Global Positioning System (GPS), (2) mobile carrier antennas, and (3) wireless networks. A device can use any combination of these three methods to

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Facebook

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Facebook headquarters’ address is 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025. 1 Hacker Way was apparently the second choice after 1 Social Circle. Both of which fit the Facebook culture and product quite nicely. “Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook,” the company said in a blog post announcing Facebook’s 2012 Hacker Cup competition. “Whether we’re building a prototype for a major product like Timeline at a Hackathon, creating a smarter search algorithm, or tearing down walls at our new headquarters, we’re always hacking to find better ways to solve problems”. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into the

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Privacy on Smartphones – part 1

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Turn off location services on your Android devices. The location services function can be turned on or off in Android’s setting menu. It is off by default. However, Apple, Microsoft, and RIM turn on location services by default. However, your cell phone registers its location with cell phone networks several times a minute, and this function cannot be turned off when the phone is getting a wireless signal. Moreover, each mobile user’s daily movements can be used to create a unique digital fingerprint over an extended period of time. Therefore, it is possible to identify smartphone users by analyzing anonymous

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