Novel Approaches and Techniques for Privacy in Internet Communications
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Cybersecurity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: privacy; security; anonymous communications; educational technology
Interests: artificial intelligence for mobility; trustworthy artificial intelligence; real time/Internet of Things; drone/anti-drone; information security
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the evolution of privacy has been marked by a significant increase in public awareness and regulatory and technological efforts to protect personal data in an increasingly connected world through the Internet thanks to the advances in communication technology, the rise of cloud computing and big data, and the integration of technologies such as 5G/6G networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This evolution supposes to reconsider how our privacy can be compromised, how these technological advances can be leveraged to enhance privacy, and, ultimately, what new challenges must be addressed to safeguard privacy effectively in Internet communications.
The objective of this Special Issue is to receive works that analyse these challenges and to propose novel approaches and techniques for privacy protection in Internet communications. This includes, on the one hand, research works that highlight how user privacy can be compromised—whether through the discovery of vulnerabilities in protocols, applications and services, or through novel methods of tracking or de-anonymising users during communications—and, on the other hand, new techniques, approaches, protocols, and frameworks that enhance user privacy in Internet communications.
Dr. Antonio Ruiz Martínez
Dr. Simeon Okechukwu Ajakwe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anonymous communications networks
- anonymous protocols
- anonymous communication applications/services
- tracking and advertising
- surveillance
- censorship resistance
- anti-fingerprinting techniques
- privacy technologies
- artificial intelligence and privacy
- privacy frameworks
- user privacy
- privacy by design
- Internet of Things privacy
- traffic analysis
- web privacy
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