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However, concerns regarding energy consumption and privacy\u2014among other things\u2014may compromise their willingness to join such a crowd. Our preliminary observations and analysis of common MCS applications have shown that the data transfer in MCS applications may incur significant energy consumption due to the 3G connection setup. However, if data are transferred in parallel with a traditional phone call, then such transfer can be done almost \u201cfor free\u201d: with only an insignificant additional amount of energy required to piggy-back the data\u2014usually incoming task assignments and outgoing sensor results\u2014on top of the call. Here, we present an &lt;i&gt;Energy-Efficient Mobile Crowdsensing&lt;\/i&gt; (EEMC) framework where task assignments and sensing results are transferred in parallel with phone calls. The main objective, and the principal contribution of this article, is an MCS task assignment scheme that guarantees that a minimum number of anonymous participants return sensor results within a specified time frame, while also minimizing the waste of energy due to redundant task assignments and considering privacy concerns of participants. 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