Futuristic Blockchain-based Secure and Verifiable Drone Surveillance System: Chain in the Sky
Usama Arshad, Yasir Faheem, Reema Shaheen · IPSI Transactions on Internet Research · 2024
In the current era, drones are being used more often for surveillance and gathering information in many areas. However, as we start using drones more, we face important issues like whether we can trust the data they collect, how safe that data is from hackers and concerns about invading people's privacy. This paper introduces a new idea that uses blockchain technology, which is known for being secure and hard to tamper with, together with drone surveillance to tackle these problems. We used blockchain's key features, such as its ability to work across many places, its security against changes, and the need for agreement, to make sure the data we get is reliable and trustworthy. Our proposed system also makes it easy to tell which drone collected which data, improving how we can track drones and protect the data from being hacked or changed without permission. A big part of our approach is using smart contracts, which are a clear way to manage, apply, and check who can access certain data. We also put a lot of effort into keeping private information safe, only sharing what's absolutely necessary. Our goal with this system is to make people trust the data collected by drones more, leading to a new phase of accepted and reliable drone surveillance.