Location and tracking of mobile devices: Überveillance stalks the streets

Computer Law and Security Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-228

  Michael, Katina ^a   Clarke, Roger ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellular mobile; GPS; Location based systems (LBS); Mobile device signatures (MDS); Privacy; Surveillance; berveillance; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MOBILE; LOCATION SURVEILLANCE; LOCATION-BASED SYSTEMS; LOCATION-BASED TECHNOLOGIES; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; PEOPLE TRACKING; SELF-REPORTING; WIRELESS DATA NETWORKS;

DATA PRIVACY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SMARTPHONES; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; TRACKING (POSITION); WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 84877770829     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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