Ημερομηνία/Ώρα
Date(s) - 05/05/2017
18:00 - 20:30

Τοποθεσία
Lamdaspace

Κατηγορία(ες)

• workshop

Την Παρασκευή 5 Μαΐου, στις 18:00 θα συζητήσουμε για τους υπερήχους, πως χρησιμοποιούνται για user-tracking και τις απειλές για την ασφάλεια και την ιδιωτικότητα των χρηστών.

Abstract:
Ultrasound tracking systems are gaining traction in the marketing industry because of the high accuracy they offer, and the low deployment cost they come with. For instance, ultrasound cross-device tracking (uXDT) products use the ultrasonic spectrum as a communication channel to “pair” devices and enable marketers to “follow” users across the different devices.

Unfortunately, despite the novelty of the technology, security experts and the authorities (e.g., the Federal Trade Commission) have raised concerns about its privacy implications. Our work is the first comprehensive privacy and security analysis of the ultrasound tracking ecosystem.

In this talk, we will describe and demonstrate the practical security and privacy risks that loom in the ultrasound ecosystem. First, we will showcase how an adversary can exploit an ultrasound tracking framework to launch attacks against users. Subsequently, we will formally analyze the security shortcomings of the ecosystem, and then based on our findings introduce countermeasures that aim to alleviate existing and future threats.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες εδώ.