Friday, 15 April 2016

Google increases IoT user privacy with Eddystone beacon

Google announced a new more secure version of its Eddystone beacon format to protect user privacy, called Eddystone-EID. Eddystone-EID protects user privacy in an app by broadcasting secure beacon signals, including website address URLs, using what’s termed a ‘rotating ephemeral identifier’. According to Google, this will allow manufacturers to manage access to beacons to avoid ...

Google increases IoT user privacy with Eddystone beacon



from ElectronicsWeekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/google-increases-iot-user-privacy-with-eddystone-beacon-2016-04/

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