Privacy and Anonymity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

Key Terms in this Chapter

Receiver Anonymity: Implies that a message cannot be linked to the receiver.

Anonymity Metrics: Metrics for quantifying the degree of anonymity in a scenario.

Privacy: The right to informational self-determination, that is, individuals must be able to determine for themselves when, how, to what extent, and for what purpose personal information about them is communicated to others.

Anonymity: The state of being not identifiable within a set of subjects.

Sender Anonymity: Means that a message cannot be linked to the sender.

Unlinkability: If two items are unlinkable, they are no more or less related after an attacker’s observation than they are related concerning the attacker’s a-priori knowledge.

Mobile Ad Hoc Network: Networks constituted of mobile devise which may function without the help of central infrastructure or services.