promoting location privacy…
promoting location privacy… one lie at a time
daniele quercia
 
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mobile phone location data
 
recommend social events…
… upon  aggregate  location data
 
upon  aggregate  location data…
 
upon  aggregate  location data…
upon  aggregate  location data…
upon  aggregate  location data…
#fail  $
aggregate data:= data mashup
!!!  Public vs. Publicized
Aggregate  Data:  A tale of disrupted social expectations
share it all [by Facebook CEO]
share it all [by Facebook CEO] share nothing [by Wisdom of the Granmother’s Foundation]
share it all [by Facebook CEO] share nothing [by Wisdom of the Granmother’s Foundation] share fake data [by Us]
share fake data [by Us]
Idea:
true location +  + “99” fake locations
true location +  + “99” fake locations true location +  + “99” fake locations true location +  + “99” fake locations
#phones?
(random)  fake locations
Tube passengers in London & car drivers in Zurich:  accurately estimate #people
Tube passengers in London & car drivers in Zurich:  accurately estimate #people (18% error with 99% fake locations)
(random)  fake locations
(random)  fake locations Evade paying taxes? Don’t answer! Flip a coin instead
Yes! [truth]
true location +  + “99” fake locations true location +  + “99” fake locations true location +  + “99” fake locations
promoting location privacy… one lie at a time
Future
Future  1|social norms
Future  2|reintroducing forgetting

Promoting location privacy… one lie at a time