Dummy Location Generation Algorithm for User Density

With the development of the Internet, location-Based Services have become an indispensable part of people's lives. However, the issue of user location security has also gained significant attention. To address this issue, this article proposes a user density-based location privacy protection...

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Main Authors: LI Menghan, FANG Wei, LI Lihong
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Harbin University of Science and Technology Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Harbin University of Science and Technology
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Online Access:https://hlgxb.hrbust.edu.cn/#/digest?ArticleID=2385
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Summary:With the development of the Internet, location-Based Services have become an indispensable part of people's lives. However, the issue of user location security has also gained significant attention. To address this issue, this article proposes a user density-based location privacy protection algorithm. The algorithm utilizes the distribution density of surrounding users to determine suitable anonymous areas and divides the areas into multiple anonymous sub-areas. Additionally, it combines probability distribution to generate dummy locations, thereby protecting the privacy of user locations. Experimental verification shows that under the same conditions, the algorithm only requires awareness of 3 to 4 jumps to determine anonymous areas. Furthermore, when the anonymity degree is set at 40 , the relative area ratio and relative anonymity degree remain in a balanced state. This algorithm not only effectively controls the area of anonymous regions and reduces algorithm costs but also protects user location privacy. It demonstrates practicality and feasibility.
ISSN:1007-2683