Global attestation procedure

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processors and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors for performing a method comprising:
• utilizing, by the one or more processors on a computing device, executing one or more programs of an authentication application, location services executing on the computing device to obtain location data from the location services, wherein the location data indicates a physical location of the computing device contemporaneously with the executing;
• based on obtaining the location data, creating and encoding, by the one or more processors, a data structure from the location data in a secured area of a memory of the computing device, wherein the data structure is only accessible to the authentication application;
• transmitting, by the one or more processors, to an authentication server, an authentication request, wherein the authentication request comprises the encoded location data, and the authentication request is a request for access to secure content via the authentication server;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, from the authentication server, a request to query identifiers geographically proximate to the computing device for additional location information, wherein geographically proximate to the computing device comprises within a pre-defined perimeter around the physical location of the computing device;
• responsive to the request, querying, by the one or more processors, the identifiers for the additional location information, wherein the additional location information comprises location data originating from each of the identifiers, indicating a location of each of the identifiers, and transmitting the additional location information to the authentication server;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, a notification, responsive to the authentication request, from the authentication server;
• and
• based on obtaining the notification, erasing, by the one or more processors, the secured area and turning off the location services on the computing device.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processors in communication with the memory;
• and
• program instructions executable by the one or more processors coupled to the memory to perform a method, the method comprising:
• utilizing, by the one or more processors on a computing device, executing one or more programs of an authentication application, location services executing on the computing device to obtain location data from the location services, wherein the location data indicates a physical location of the computing device contemporaneously with the executing;
• based on obtaining the location data, creating and encoding, by the one or more processors, a data structure from the location data in a secured area of a memory of the computing device, wherein the data structure is only accessible to the authentication application;
• transmitting, by the one or more processors, to an authentication server, an authentication request, wherein the authentication request comprises the encoded location data, and the authentication request is a request for access to secure content via the authentication server;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, from the authentication server, a request to query identifiers geographically proximate to the computing device for additional location information, wherein geographically proximate to the computing device comprises within a pre-defined perimeter around the physical location of the computing device;
• responsive to the request, querying, by the one or more processors, the identifiers for the additional location information, wherein the additional location information comprises location data originating from each of the identifiers, indicating a location of each of the identifiers, and transmitting the additional location information to the authentication server;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, a notification, responsive to the authentication request, from the authentication server;
• and
• based on obtaining the notification, erasing, by the one or more processors, the secured area and turning off the location services on the computing device.