A framework for user-centric key sharing in personal sensor networks

We propose a user-centric private key management framework that supports future personal sensing applications. This framework allows for a simple distributed private key system with embedded secure key storage and recovery in multiple parties. The user maintains control over implementation choices and the ability to consent to data being utilised or transmitted by the system. Our proposed framework could be used to secure user-driven data collection. We show our idea to be feasible by demonstrating that it can be implemented using existing key management and software tools.