Poster: Were You in the Cafe Yesterday?: Location Proof Generation & Verification for Mobile Users

In recent years, Location Based Services (LBS) and related applications are gaining popularity for providing access to the resources. LBS can either increase or decrease the access privileges of the users based on their location. Current mobile devices lack the intelligence to prove their location when requested. In this paper, we propose our novel solution for generating location proof for mobile users leveraging unique wireless characteristics and verification of the location claim by application services.

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