Analysis of Location Spoofing Threats on E-Scooter Sharing

Abstract

Global Positioning Systems and Wi-Fi Positioning Systems are widely used for positioning purposes. Geo-location services are extremely vulnerable to location spoofing attacks and have been researched for quite some time. The majority of the researches have been focused on devices like smartphones, unmanned aerial vehicles, automobiles, and etc. E-scooters have also joined the family of devices having geo-location capabilities. In this study, we give the computation basics of Global Positioning Systems and Wi-Fi Positioning Systems, and analyze the threats for location spoofing attacks on E-scooter Sharing System. It is shown that limiting or unlimiting the speed of e-scooter, preventing users and maintenance crew to find the e-scooter, stopping the device or prevent user’s from ending the ride is possible with location spoofing attacks.