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This paper describes a new model for sharing location info without revealing identity to third party servers. We can describe it as a safe location sharing. Proposed approach splits location info and identity information. Service operates with a special kind of distributed data store, where identity info is always local. It eliminates one of the main concerns with location-based systems – privacy. This article describes a model itself as well as its implementation in the form of HTML5 mobile web application.
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Namiot, D., Sneps-Sneppe, M. (2012). Where Are They Now – Safe Location Sharing. In: Andreev, S., Balandin, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networking. ruSMART NEW2AN 2012 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7469. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32686-8_6
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