Poster: StreamGuard: Enabling Secure and Uncensored Video Calls on Mobile Devices

Chenxi Hou, Zhihao Yao, Hui Peng

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Abstract

With the increasing use of application-based video calls, the security and privacy of video and audio data have become a major concern. Despite the use of encryption, applications that implement the encryption can still access the content of video calls for eavesdropping, censorship, and data mining. To address this issue, we propose a lightweight system service solution, StreamGuard, to provide End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) at mobile system level, effectively blocking applications from accessing unencrypted data. StreamGuard uses the Signal Protocol for key exchange, and AES for encryption. Additionally, StreamGuard's novel architecture supports video preview and editing while maintaining the confidentiality of data. Our preliminary results show that StreamGuard is feasible with minimal performance overhead.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMOBISYS 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages678-679
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798400705816
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 3 2024
Event22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, MOBISYS 2024 - Minato-ku, Japan
Duration: Jun 3 2024Jun 7 2024

Publication series

NameMOBISYS 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services

Conference

Conference22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, MOBISYS 2024
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityMinato-ku
Period6/3/246/7/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Software
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Health Informatics
  • Instrumentation
  • Radiation

Keywords

  • censorship resistance
  • end-to-end encryption
  • mobile devices
  • video calls

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