{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2980967488","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","title":"No More than What I Post: Preventing Linkage Attacks on Check-in Services","display_name":"No More than What I Post: Preventing Linkage Attacks on Check-in Services","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-10-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2980967488","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","mag":"2980967488"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S69141925","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","issn_l":"1536-1233","issn":["1536-1233","1558-0660","2161-9875"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062365263","display_name":"Fengli Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5720-4026"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Fengli Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100355277","display_name":"Yong Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-1659"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yong Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-1659","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013394195","display_name":"Zhen Tu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-6842"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhen Tu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-6842","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011366219","display_name":"Shu\u2010Hao Chang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-1819"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shuhao Chang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063874512","display_name":"Hongjia Huang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hongjia Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5062365263"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.4335,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.7263274,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"20","issue":"2","first_page":"620","last_page":"633"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11045","display_name":"Privacy, Security, and Data Protection","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.960099995136261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7876075506210327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anonymity","display_name":"Anonymity","score":0.7068979144096375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/record-linkage","display_name":"Record linkage","score":0.637802243232727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/check-in","display_name":"Check-in","score":0.5203249454498291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adversary","display_name":"Adversary","score":0.5169907808303833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.47537103295326233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.46732085943222046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sensitivity","display_name":"Information sensitivity","score":0.4598122537136078},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/personally-identifiable-information","display_name":"Personally identifiable information","score":0.41563594341278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.36435407400131226}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7876075506210327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178005623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q308859","display_name":"Anonymity","level":2,"score":0.7068979144096375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142210648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266546","display_name":"Record linkage","level":3,"score":0.637802243232727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776004034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068755","display_name":"Check-in","level":2,"score":0.5203249454498291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41065033","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2825412","display_name":"Adversary","level":2,"score":0.5169907808303833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.47537103295326233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.46732085943222046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137822555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587068","display_name":"Information sensitivity","level":2,"score":0.4598122537136078},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169093310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3702971","display_name":"Personally identifiable information","level":2,"score":0.41563594341278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.36435407400131226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2019.2947416","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S69141925","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","issn_l":"1536-1233","issn":["1536-1233","1558-0660","2161-9875"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.5600000023841858,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1757078732","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20031887521","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320329777","funder_display_name":"Beijing National Research Center For Information Science And Technology"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3710896277","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61971267","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3734416573","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61972223","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4542831392","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61861136003","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4872662616","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U1936217","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5268169751","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61941117","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G815108017","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"L182038","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322919","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322919","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320329777","display_name":"Beijing National Research Center For Information Science And Technology","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":54,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W144095889","https://openalex.org/W1849004785","https://openalex.org/W1968064480","https://openalex.org/W1982300822","https://openalex.org/W1993599520","https://openalex.org/W2015569667","https://openalex.org/W2017481266","https://openalex.org/W2031475000","https://openalex.org/W2035311901","https://openalex.org/W2045686369","https://openalex.org/W2074043376","https://openalex.org/W2082894754","https://openalex.org/W2103686189","https://openalex.org/W2108436124","https://openalex.org/W2115240023","https://openalex.org/W2133819144","https://openalex.org/W2134167315","https://openalex.org/W2136114025","https://openalex.org/W2149944211","https://openalex.org/W2150447982","https://openalex.org/W2151908916","https://openalex.org/W2159024459","https://openalex.org/W2168346693","https://openalex.org/W2168770012","https://openalex.org/W2173102402","https://openalex.org/W2294275730","https://openalex.org/W2294749418","https://openalex.org/W2323121671","https://openalex.org/W2511316824","https://openalex.org/W2513128224","https://openalex.org/W2557607105","https://openalex.org/W2593227599","https://openalex.org/W2598689838","https://openalex.org/W2604609353","https://openalex.org/W2613582136","https://openalex.org/W2733810386","https://openalex.org/W2746057509","https://openalex.org/W2792648564","https://openalex.org/W2799924119","https://openalex.org/W2800664128","https://openalex.org/W2898288652","https://openalex.org/W2911978475","https://openalex.org/W2930189014","https://openalex.org/W2952849129","https://openalex.org/W2963400757","https://openalex.org/W4210542476","https://openalex.org/W4248649186","https://openalex.org/W4299734264","https://openalex.org/W4302355206","https://openalex.org/W6685624434","https://openalex.org/W6688656474","https://openalex.org/W6697091597","https://openalex.org/W6730185109","https://openalex.org/W6758947373"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W317272953","https://openalex.org/W2108730513","https://openalex.org/W3148806143","https://openalex.org/W3157697804","https://openalex.org/W2582248604","https://openalex.org/W2371258175","https://openalex.org/W3116065443","https://openalex.org/W2789135102","https://openalex.org/W2066004246","https://openalex.org/W2067228051"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"With":[0],"the":[1,86,99,122,186],"flourishing":[2],"of":[3,29,89,101,124,173],"location":[4],"based":[5],"social":[6],"networks,":[7],"posting":[8],"check-ins":[9,125,149],"has":[10],"become":[11],"a":[12,117,132,195],"common":[13],"practice":[14],"to":[15,47,54,120,130,150],"document":[16],"one's":[17],"daily":[18],"life.":[19],"Users":[20],"usually":[21],"do":[22],"not":[23],"consider":[24],"check-in":[25,37,43,90,175,204],"records":[26,44,91],"as":[27],"violations":[28],"their":[30],"privacy.":[31],"However,":[32],"through":[33],"analyzing":[34],"two":[35],"real-world":[36],"datasets,":[38],"our":[39],"study":[40,192],"shows":[41],"that":[42,85],"are":[45],"vulnerable":[46],"linkage":[48],"attacks.":[49],"Specifically,":[50],"adversary":[51],"is":[52],"able":[53],"uniquely":[55],"re-identify":[56,151],"over":[57],"52~66":[58],"percent":[59,68,74,179],"users":[60,69,152],"in":[61,153,171,198],"other":[62,154],"anonymous":[63,155],"mobility":[64,78,103,128,160],"datasets":[65,156],"and":[66,126,202],"60~80":[67],"have":[70],"more":[71,94],"than":[72],"60":[73],"probability":[75],"leaking":[76],"unreported":[77,159],"records.":[79,161],"In":[80],"addition,":[81],"we":[82,115],"further":[83],"demonstrate":[84],"privacy":[87,134,183],"sensitivity":[88],"can":[92],"be":[93],"accurately":[95],"measured":[96],"by":[97,177],"including":[98],"information":[100,123],"additional":[102,127],"data":[104,129],"compared":[105],"with":[106,143],"only":[107],"looking":[108],"at":[109,185],"check-ins.":[110],"Based":[111],"on":[112],"this":[113,191],"observation,":[114],"design":[116],"partition-and-group":[118],"framework":[119,164],"integrate":[121],"attain":[131],"novel":[133],"criterion-k":[135],"<sup":[136],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"":[137],"xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">\u03c4,l</sup>":[138],"-anonymity.":[139],"It":[140],"ensures":[141],"adversaries":[142],"arbitrary":[144],"background":[145],"knowledge":[146],"cannot":[147],"use":[148],"or":[157],"learning":[158],"The":[162],"proposed":[163],"achieves":[165],"favorable":[166],"performance":[167],"against":[168],"state-of-art":[169],"baseline":[170],"terms":[172],"improving":[174],"utility":[176],"24~57":[178],"while":[180],"providing":[181],"stronger":[182],"guarantee":[184],"same":[187],"time.":[188],"We":[189],"believe":[190],"will":[193],"open":[194],"new":[196],"angle":[197],"attaining":[199],"both":[200],"privacy-preserving":[201],"useful":[203],"services.services.":[205]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}