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Security for whom? the shifting security assumptions of pervasive computing

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Frank StajanoAuthors Info & Claims

ISSS'02: Proceedings of the 2002 Mext-NSF-JSPS international conference on Software security: theories and systems

Pages 16 - 27

Published: 08 November 2002 Publication History

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Pervasive computing will introduce hundreds of computing devices per user. This change is of such magnitude that it is qualitative as well as quantitative. Old solutions may not scale when the size of the problem grows by such a factor-passwords, for example, will no longer be a suitable user authentication method.

In this paper we examine new security issues for pervasive computing including authentication, biometrics and digital rights management. But the potential impact of pervasive computing on society is such that we have a responsibility to look further than just the technical issues.

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Security for whom? the shifting security assumptions of pervasive computing
1. Security and privacy
  1. Security services
  2. Systems security
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy

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ISSS'02: Proceedings of the 2002 Mext-NSF-JSPS international conference on Software security: theories and systems

November 2002

470 pages

ISBN:3540007083

Editors:
Mitsuhiro Okada
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
,
Benjamin C. Pierce
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
,
Andre Scedrov
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
,
Hideyuki Tokuda
Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
,
Akinori Yonezawa
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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NSF: National Science Foundation
JSPS: Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
Keio University: Keio University
MEXT: Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture

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Published: 08 November 2002

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Kostakos VCzerwinski MLund ATan D(2008)Human-in-the-loopCHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1358628.1358810(3075-3080)Online publication date: 5-Apr-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1358628.1358810
Schlott SKargl FWeber M(2006)Re-identifying anonymous nodesProceedings of the Second international conference on Location- and Context-Awareness10.1007/11752967_8(103-115)Online publication date: 10-May-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/11752967_8
Seleznyov AAhmed MHailes S(2004)Co-Operation in the Digital Age — Engendering Trust in Electronic EnvironmentsBT Technology Journal10.1023/B:BTTJ.0000047124.46203.fc22:3(95-105)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1023/B%3ABTTJ.0000047124.46203.fc

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