Secure and private location
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a link, location information for a platform at a secondary processor of the platform; and
preventing unauthorized access to the location information by an operating system associated with the platform, wherein one or more of;
the operating system has direct access to a global positioning system (GPS) location from a GPS sensor in response to an activation of a switch by the secondary processor;
oran access point identifier is scrambled using a seed generated by the secondary processor prior to the access point identifier being released to the operating system.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of restricting access to mobile platform location information may involve receiving, via a link, location information for a mobile platform at a processor of the mobile platform, and preventing unauthorized access to the location information by an operating system associated with the mobile platform.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a link, location information for a platform at a secondary processor of the platform; and preventing unauthorized access to the location information by an operating system associated with the platform, wherein one or more of; the operating system has direct access to a global positioning system (GPS) location from a GPS sensor in response to an activation of a switch by the secondary processor;
oran access point identifier is scrambled using a seed generated by the secondary processor prior to the access point identifier being released to the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
logic to, receive, via a link, location information for a platform at a secondary processor of the platform, and prevent unauthorized access to the location information by an operating system associated with the platform, wherein one or more of; the operating system is to have direct access to a global positioning system (GPS) location from a GPS sensor in response to an activation of a switch by the secondary processor;
oran access point identifier is to be scrambled using a seed generated by the secondary processor prior to the access point identifier being released to the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A platform comprising:
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a wireless data module to receive an access point identifier; a global positioning system (GPS) sensor; a primary processor to execute an operating system; a link coupled to the GPS sensor; and a secondary processor coupled to the link, the secondary processor including logic to, receive, via the link, a GPS location for the platform from the GPS sensor, wherein the GPS location and the access point identifier are to define location information, and prevent unauthorized access to the location information by the operating system associated with the primary processor, wherein one or more of; the operating system is to have direct access to the GPS location from the GPS sensor in response to an activation of a switch by the secondary processor;
orthe access point identifier is to be scrambled using a seed generated by the secondary processor prior to the access point identifier being released to the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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