• DocumentCode
    755751
  • Title

    Minimizing security risks in ubicomp systems

  • Author

    Hong, Jason I.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    118
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    In the Internet´s early days, few people foresaw the emergence of spam, phishing schemes, and malware such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, and key loggers that plague users today. It´s safe to assume that ubicomp technologies will suffer from the same sorts of unforeseen vulnerabilities that have plagued the Internet. We can´t account for every possible security and privacy risk in ubiquitous computing systems. We can, however, design such systems to reduce the burden on users as well as develop better security models and interaction techniques to prevent and minimize foreseeable threats.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; human computer interaction; risk management; security of data; ubiquitous computing; Internet; Trojan horses; computer viruses; interaction technique; key logger; malware; phishing scheme; privacy risk; security risk minimization; spam emergence; spyware; ubicomp system; ubiquitous computing system; worms; Biometrics; Data security; Fingerprint recognition; Intelligent networks; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; Portable computers; Privacy; User interfaces; Wireless networks; Invisible computing; Mobile devices; Security; Wireless networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2005.416
  • Filename
    1556497