EDUCAUSE Live! next Tuesday (July 27) on Mobile Computing Security and Privacy

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Next Tuesday, July 27, EDUCAUSE Live! will explore security and privacy
issues related to mobile computing.

"Location-Sharing Technologies: Privacy Risks and Controls"

http://www.educause.edu/live1020

1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 27. No charge, but registration
required. Archived for future (re)viewing.

Speaker:

Lorrie Faith Cramor
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
http://lorrie.cranor.org/ 

Summary:

Due to the ability of cell phone providers to use cell phone towers to
pinpoint users' locations, the increasing popularity of GPS capabilities
in cell phones, and the rise of cell phones for Internet use, a plethora
of new applications have been developed that share users' real-time
location information online. Foursquare, Loopt, and Google Latitude are
just a few examples. This talk will discuss users' risk and benefit
perceptions related to the use of these technologies and the privacy
controls of existing location-sharing applications. We'll also discuss
Locaccino, a location-sharing service we developed to provide a platform
for experimenting with privacy controls for end users. Locaccino
provides users with precision control over who can see their location.
While most location-based systems only allow users to list which
contacts should or shouldn't be able to see their location, Locaccino
offers more granular privacy settings.

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