Abuse-Resistant Location Tracking: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Offline Finding Ecosystem

ePrint Report: Abuse-Resistant Location Tracking: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Offline Finding Ecosystem

Gabrielle Beck, Harry Eldridge, Matthew Green, Nadia Heninger, Abhishek Jain

Location tracking accessories (or ``tracking tags'') such as those sold by Apple, Samsung, and Tile, allow owners to track the location of their property and devices via offline tracking networks. The tracking protocols have been designed to ensure some level of user privacy against surveillance by the vendor. Such privacy mechanisms, however, seem to be at …

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