Intelligent Terminal Location Privacy Protection via Trust and Sensitivity Levels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for protecting user location information on intelligent terminals are cumbersome and ineffective, as they require manual management of location rights for applications, leading to potential privacy breaches and interference with normal application functions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method that performs location trust classification on applications and divides user activity areas into sensitivity levels, automatically determining whether privacy disclosure occurs based on the application's trust level and the location's sensitivity, and limiting access to location data only when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual management of location rights for applications is implemented, then user privacy protection is improved, but operation complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines whether to disclose location information by comparing application trust levels with location sensitivity levels, eliminating the need for manual user intervention. The operating system autonomously makes privacy protection decisions based on pre-established trust and sensitivity classifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of users repeatedly granting and revoking location rights is replaced by an automated electronic system that uses algorithmic comparison of trust levels and sensitivity levels to automatically control location information disclosure.
2Reliability
If location rights are deprived to protect privacy, then privacy protection is improved, but application service functionality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different levels of location information disclosure are provided based on the specific combination of application trust level and location sensitivity level. Trusted applications receive location information for less sensitive locations, while untrusted applications are restricted from accessing sensitive location data, achieving differentiated privacy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the level of location information disclosure by changing the parameter of information granularity. When an application's trust level exceeds the location's sensitivity level, full location information is provided; otherwise, location information is restricted or obscured, optimizing both privacy protection and service functionality.
3Ease of operation
If automated determination of location disclosure is implemented, then operation convenience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification of applications into trust levels and locations into sensitivity levels in advance. This pre-processing establishes a framework that enables automated real-time decisions without requiring complex runtime analysis, reducing the burden on the automated system.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated determination process is segmented into distinct components: trust level assessment, sensitivity level assessment, and comparison logic. This modular segmentation simplifies the overall system architecture by breaking down the complex automated decision-making into manageable, independent modules.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for protecting intelligent end location information, where the method includes: responding to a location query request from an APP, and acquiring current location coordinates of the intelligent terminal; acquiring a privacy sensitivity level of an area in which the current location coordinates are located; acquiring a location trust level of the APP; and determining, according to the location trust level of the APP and the privacy sensitivity level of the area in which the current location coordinates are located, a response manner corresponding to the location query request from the APP. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention further disclose an intelligent terminal. By means of the solutions disclosed in the present invention, location information of the intelligent terminal can be powerfully protected.