Monoxalyze
On Verifying the Provenance of Mobile, Human-Centric Data
Joshua Adkins and Prabal Dutta
Growth of Human Health and Fitness Data Collection
Healthcare is 17% of GDP in the US
- WorldBank
“IoT has potential for transformative change
in human health”
-McKinsey Global Institute
“By the end of the decade, this data-rich
personalized analysis of our health will
become the norm”
- Jeroen Tas, Philips Healthcare CEO
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Mobile Health Data Improves Feedback Time
Months
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Mobile Health Data Improves Feedback Time
Months
Days
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Positive Incentive for Doctors and Nurses
Healthcare Professionals
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Trained
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Positive Incentive
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Positive/Neutral Incentive for Device Users
Healthcare Professionals
Device Users
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Trained
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Untrained
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Positive Incentive
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Positive/Neutral
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Claim: Malicious Device Users Exist
Healthcare Professionals
Malicious Device Users
Device Users
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Trained
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Untrained
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Untrained
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Positive Incentive
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Positive/Neutral
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Attempting to
provide incorrect
data
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Providing Compensation for Compliance
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Health insurance discounts for meeting fitness goals
Paying pregnant mothers to stop smoking during pregnancy
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Requires daily exhaled breath measurements to ensure compliance
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Monoxalyze Smoking Cessation Compliance System
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Monoxalyze Smoking Cessation Compliance System
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Monoxalyze Smoking Cessation Compliance System
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Failure to Exhale
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Failure to Exhale
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Exhalation Verification with Pressure Sensor
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Have a Non-smoker Exhale
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Have a Non-smoker Exhale
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Verify Identity with Facial Recognition
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Non-smoker Exhale and Point Phone at your Face
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Verify Device Location with Visible Light
Communication
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Visible Light Challenge Response
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Transitive Trust between User, Device, and Phone
Facial
Recognition
Visible Light
Challenge
Response
Pressure
Sensing
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Limitations
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This will never stop every possible attack
○ Many attacks can be stopped through semi-random testing
Does not account for ‘sophisticated’ users
○ More traditional computer security measures required
○ Encryption
○ Trusted phone application
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Monoxalyze
On Verifying the Provenance of Mobile, Human-Centric Data
Adkins, Joshua and Dutta Prabal. Monoxalyze: Verifying Smoking Cessation with a Keychain-sized
Carbon Monoxide Breathalyzer. To appear at ACM Sensys. November, 2016.