Public wireless packets anonymously hurt you

Abhishek Kumar Mishra; Aline Carneiro Viana; Nadjib Achir; Catuscia Palamidessi

doi:10.1109/LCN52139.2021.9524956

Public wireless packets anonymously hurt you

Abhishek Kumar Mishra
, Aline Carneiro Viana
, Nadjib Achir
, Catuscia Palamidessi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

With growing privacy concerns over the last decade, two of the most notable wireless technologies - i.e., BLE and WiFi - are being more and more investigated in terms of privacy vulnerabilities. In this paper, we explore this problem, prospect the related consequences, and alert the need for privacy-preserving public packets. We identify key flaws in the current design of public packets like beacons and probe requests. We discuss them as the cause of privacy issues that require the community's attention. We address the flaws in detail and propose solutions that facilitate the devices to protect user privacy. We also give recommendations based on the findings to the standard.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021
Editors	Lyes Khoukhi, Sharief Oteafy, Eyuphan Bulut
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	649-652
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738124766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN52139.2021.9524956
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2021
Event	46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021 - Edmonton, Canada Duration: 4 Oct 2021 → 7 Oct 2021

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Name	Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN
Volume	2021-October

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Conference	46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Edmonton
Period	4/10/21 → 7/10/21

Keywords

BLE
Privacy
Public packets
WiFi
Wireless

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Mishra, A. K., Carneiro Viana, A., Achir, N., & Palamidessi, C. (2021). Public wireless packets anonymously hurt you. In L. Khoukhi, S. Oteafy, & E. Bulut (Eds.), Proceedings of the IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021 (pp. 649-652). (Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN; Vol. 2021-October). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN52139.2021.9524956

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Mishra, AK, Carneiro Viana, A, Achir, N & Palamidessi, C 2021, Public wireless packets anonymously hurt you. in L Khoukhi, S Oteafy & E Bulut (eds), Proceedings of the IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021. Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN, vol. 2021-October, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 649-652, 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021, Edmonton, Canada, 4/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN52139.2021.9524956

Public wireless packets anonymously hurt you. / Mishra, Abhishek Kumar; Carneiro Viana, Aline; Achir, Nadjib et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2021. ed. / Lyes Khoukhi; Sharief Oteafy; Eyuphan Bulut. IEEE Computer Society, 2021. p. 649-652 (Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN; Vol. 2021-October).

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