Towards efficient private spatial information retrieval using GPUs

Mihai Maruseac, Gabriel Ghinita, Ming Ouyang, Razvan Rughinis

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Abstract

Latest generation mobile devices allow users to receive services tailored to their current locations. Location-based service providers perform spatial queries based on the user locations, but may also share them with various third parties. User whereabouts may disclose sensitive details about an individual's health status, political views or lifestyle choices, and therefore must be thoroughly protected. Private information retrieval (PIR) methods support blind execution of range and NN queries with cryptographic-strength se- curity, but incur significant performance overhead. We employ graphical processing units (GPUs) to speed up the crypto operations required by PIR. We identify the challenges that arise when using GPUs for this purpose, and we propose solutions to ad- dress them. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to use GPUs for efficient private spatial information retrieval, and an important first step towards GPU-based acceleration of a broader range of secure spatial data operations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication22nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2014
EditorsMarkus Schneider, Michael Gertz, Yan Huang, Jagan Sankaranarayanan, John Krumm
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages405-408
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450331319
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2014 - Dallas, United States
Duration: 4 Nov 20147 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameGIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
Volume04-07-November-2014

Conference

Conference22nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period4/11/147/11/14

Keywords

  • GPU
  • Location Privacy
  • Private Information Retrieval

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