Improving the Privacy of IoT with Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs)
Joint Authors
Kortesniemi, Yki
Lagutin, Dmitrij
Elo, Tommi
Fotiou, Nikos
Source
Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-03-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
When IoT devices operate not only with the owner of the device but also with third parties, identifying the device using a permanent identifier, e.g., a hardware identifier, can present privacy problems due to the identifier facilitating tracking and correlation attacks.
A changeable identifier can be used to reduce the risk on privacy.
This paper looks at using decentralised identifiers (DIDs), an upcoming standard of self-sovereign identifiers with multiple competing implementations, with IoT devices.
The paper analyses the resource requirements of running DIDs on the IoT devices and finds that even quite small devices can successfully deploy DIDs and proposes that the most constrained devices could rely on a proxy approach.
Finally, the privacy benefits and limitations of using DIDs are analysed, with the conclusion that DIDs significantly improve the users’ privacy when utilised properly.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kortesniemi, Yki& Lagutin, Dmitrij& Elo, Tommi& Fotiou, Nikos. 2019. Improving the Privacy of IoT with Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs). Journal of Computer Networks and Communications،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172391
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kortesniemi, Yki…[et al.]. Improving the Privacy of IoT with Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs). Journal of Computer Networks and Communications No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172391
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kortesniemi, Yki& Lagutin, Dmitrij& Elo, Tommi& Fotiou, Nikos. Improving the Privacy of IoT with Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs). Journal of Computer Networks and Communications. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172391
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1172391