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The Situated Computing Lab (sitcom) at the Institute of Geoinformatics at the WWU Münster has a vacancy for a student assistant in the SIMPORT project as soon as possible. The […]

What does the constant monitoring by artificial intelligence mean for our privacy? Do we need a new regulation of data protection? How do you protect your privacy on the internet? […]

In the SIMPORT project we follow an ethics-by-design approach. Ethics-by-Design as a method aims to deal with ethical issues visibly and comprehensibly during the design process. In doing so, all […]

In many countries, informed consent is required before a service provider can collect personal data from a user. For location-based services (LBS), this applies in particular to personal location information, […]

Many users are not aware that deep conclusions about their lives can be drawn on the basis of their location history. This occurs when apps not only query the location […]

Location data is potentially highly sensitive information that allows deep conclusions to be drawn about individuals – which is why we are looking for different ways to strengthen people’s digital […]

How do people feel about location information and privacy, and what are their concepts, worries and issues related to using apps which ask for permission to access location information? Which […]

The GPS location history of a smartphone can be used to draw deep conclusions about users. Most smartphones pass on this information by default without explaining the risks to users […]

With SIMPORT, we want to enable users to manage their own location information on their mobile devices. In order to find out where to start, it is first necessary to […]