Abstract :
Pervasive computing has rapidly evolved due to the advances in computing devices and communication technologies. Pervasive computing plays an important role in today´s E-business. One of the essential objectives of pervasive computing is to enable universal deployment of smart devices, seamless services, and uninterruptible access to the information and resources. The privacy issue, however, erects security barriers to the prevalence of pervasive applications. The capacity-limited pervasive devices are difficult to adopt complicated cryptography to protect users´ private information. The open and non-persistent feature of pervasive communications also facilitates adversaries to compromise the user privacy. In this discussion, we will focus on pervasive privacy issue in the context of (a) radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, (b) mutual anonymous Peer-to-Peer, and (c) wireless sensor network wormholes.
Keywords :
data privacy; electronic commerce; peer-to-peer computing; radiofrequency identification; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; E-business; peer-to-peer networks; pervasive computing; privacy barrier; radio frequency identification systems; user privacy; wireless sensor network wormholes; Communications technology; Context; Cryptography; Information security; Peer to peer computing; Pervasive computing; Privacy; Protection; Radiofrequency identification; Wireless sensor networks;
