Publication result detail

Platform for collecting user identifiers on IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

ILGNER, P.

Original Title

Platform for collecting user identifiers on IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

English Title

Platform for collecting user identifiers on IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

Type

Paper in proceedings (conference paper)

Original Abstract

At the present time the widely used Wi-Fi networks provide comfort by zero configuration settings. However it leads to serious privacy issues. The article is focused on user information which can be extracted from service communication. The article presents several ways how to collect these information and introduces the platform for collecting user data. In the first part there is described the available network discovery mechanism followed by section about designed methods for obtaining user information. The last part describes the implemented platform in detail.

English abstract

At the present time the widely used Wi-Fi networks provide comfort by zero configuration settings. However it leads to serious privacy issues. The article is focused on user information which can be extracted from service communication. The article presents several ways how to collect these information and introduces the platform for collecting user data. In the first part there is described the available network discovery mechanism followed by section about designed methods for obtaining user information. The last part describes the implemented platform in detail.

Keywords

wifi, wireless, privacy, beacon frame, probe request, user identification, browser fingerprint

Key words in English

wifi, wireless, privacy, beacon frame, probe request, user identification, browser fingerprint

Authors

ILGNER, P.

RIV year

2019

Released

26.04.2018

Publisher

Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-5614-3

Book

Proceedings of the 24th conference STUDENT EEICT 2018

Pages from

337

Pages to

341

Pages count

5

URL

http://www.feec.vutbr.cz/EEICT/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2018_sbornik.pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT147196,
  author="Petr {Ilgner}",
  title="Platform for collecting user identifiers on IEEE 802.11 wireless networks",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 24th conference STUDENT EEICT 2018",
  year="2018",
  number="první",
  pages="337--341",
  publisher="Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-5614-3",
  url="http://www.feec.vutbr.cz/EEICT/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2018_sbornik.pdf"
}