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Tracking of Vehicles by Almost Everyone

Authors:
Markus Ullmann
Gerd Nolden
Timo Hoss

Keywords: Vehicle Identification; Vehicle Identifier; Wireless Vehicle Interfaces; Privacy; Vehicle Tracking

Abstract:
Increasingly, vehicles will be equipped with information and communication technologies, e.g., wireless communication technologies like IEEE 802.11x, Bluetooth, mobile communication, etc. These communication technologies enable identification and tracking based on identifiers used in communication protocols. Today, the Vehicle Identification Number, and the license plate are regarded as vehicle identifiers. With new communication technologies used in modern vehicles, Secondary Vehicle Identifiers are coming up. This paper analyzes the identification of vehicles based on wireless communication interfaces and presents results of real measurements of vehicular Bluetooth and Wi-Fi interfaces. Moreover, countermeasures are introduced, which reduce the risk of being trackable.

Pages: 152 to 160

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2018. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2018

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644