Mobile and pervasive computing can offer really valuable benefits,such as making our lives more convenient,efficient,and safe.This is done through tailored and context-aware services that anticipate what we need,as well as where and when we need it.However,this requires a vast increase in the information that is collected,stored,and processed about us,such as our comings and goings and who we really are in minute and revealing detail.If not prevented,third parties with access to that information may use it to our disadvantage without our knowledge,such as denying us an opportunity to which we are entitled.The privacy implications involved in mobile and pervasive computing,and how to deal with them,is the subject of this book.
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