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The increase in usage of smartphones and the ubiquity of Internet access have made mobile communications services very attractive to users. Messaging services are among the most popular services on the Internet. In recent years, this services started to support confidentiality and anonymity. A recurrent problem with the existing messaging solutions is their lack of resistance to impersonation attacks. The proposed solution addresses the impersonation problem, without neglecting user confidentiality and anonymity, by forcing users to exchange the required cryptographic material among themselves. Moreover, this exchange must use a proximity communication technology, forcing the users to physically meet.
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Fernandes, P., Pinto, A. (2017). Online Conversation Application with Confidentiality, Anonymity, and Identity Requirements. In: De Paz, J., Julián, V., Villarrubia, G., Marreiros, G., Novais, P. (eds) Ambient Intelligence– Software and Applications – 8th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2017). ISAmI 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 615. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61118-1_6
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