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Bluetooth, as the most popular end user choice of wireless connection, have its own security issues till now. In this paper, we introduce the proof-of-concept of BTFriend, the only Bluetooth Security Alert System designed for end users. We also discuss the development of first version BTFriend's prototype including the creation of Bluetooth device threat classification database and the usage of vNote...
Smartphones have been widely used in recent years due to their capabilities of supporting many applications from simple short message service messages to complicated location-based services. It is challenging for smartphones to enable their end users to manage all applications in all possible use cases to protect privacy or sensitive data. However, the security model for smartphone users is still...
In this work, the authors design and prototype PassItOn, a fully distributed opportunistic messaging system. Our goal is to build up a proof-of-concept platform on real mobile devices, and thus show the feasibility and potentials of utilizing human movements for dissemination applications. Meanwhile, we seek to shed lights on the design, implementation and deployment issues in building such systems,...
As ubiquitous personal communication devices, SMS enabled mobile phones have affordances to extend communication beyond the user's personal social network and into the realm of public discourse. The author developed an interaction project, entitled Write a Story, One Line at a Time, in which users collaborated to write an SMS narrative to be displayed in a public space. The system includes visuals,...
A sophisticated 3-tier alert system capable of delivering ad-sponsored SMS/email alerts triggered by predefined events is proposed. The system is designed to cater to three groups of users, namely the advertisers, subscribers, and administrators. The administrators oversee day-to-day operations of the system, subscribers select the type of news or event updates they wish to receive, and advertisers...
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