Data and Location Privacy of Smart Devices over Vehicular Cloud Computing

Abstract

In this paper, we have addressed the problem of data and location privacy in smart devices over vehicular cloud computing (VCC). We proposed a framework to identify and register the smart GPS devices over VCC service and allow the users to monitor the smart GPS device in real-time. The proposed framework divides into three parts: First, data anonymization of users' information over VCC, by masking the original data of the user and replaced with fake data. The proposed technique will remove the user identity and other linker to identify the users. Second, proposed a technique using an asymmetric cryptography (RSA) technique, the proposed technique provides location privacy of users trajectories before requesting point of interest (POI) from location-based services (LBS). Third, secure communication between users and the VCC, based on Token-based authentication by authenticating the trusted users while requesting a location from the VCC service. The proposed framework shows the efficiency and reliability of responding to the user trajectories from different sources of GPS devices and data-sets.

Keywords

• location privacy
• cryptography
• data anonymity
• vehicular cloud computing