IACR News item: 06 July 2012
Joseph Liu, Man Ho Au, Willy Susilo, Jianying Zhou
ePrint Report
An electric vehicle is a promising and futuristic automobile propelled by electric motor(s), using electrical energy stored in batteries or another energy storage device. Due to the need of battery recharging, the cars will be required to visit recharging infrastructure very frequently. This may disclose the users\' private information, such as their location, which may expose users\' privacy. In this paper, we provide mechanisms to enhance location privacy of electric vehicles at the right time, by proposing an anonymous payment system
with privacy protection support. Our technique further allows traceability in the case where the cars are stolen.
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