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In this paper, we propose an architecture to enable service providers personalise services in a pervasive environment, while minimising risks to users’ privacy. We describe the design of two critical parts of such systems: a mechanism forr defining authenticated personas that can be pseudonymous; and mechanisms for users to share such personas with service providers. A trust-based approach supports decisions about accepting personas. We describe a prototype implementation and performance evaluations.
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Hitchens, M., Kay, J., Kummerfeld, B., Brar, A. (2005). Secure Identity Management for Pseudo-Anonymous Service Access. In: Hutter, D., Ullmann, M. (eds) Security in Pervasive Computing. SPC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3450. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32004-3_6
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