Enhancing User Privacy on Android Mobile Devices via Permissions Removal
Enhancing User Privacy on Android Mobile Devices via Permissions Removal
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10.1109/hicss.2014.623
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2014-01
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Quang Do;Ben Martini;Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
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作者：
Quang Do;Ben Martini;Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
Android移动的设备正在成为电脑的流行替代品。在智能手机上执行的任务数量的增加意味着敏感信息存储在设备上。因此，Android设备是犯罪利用的潜在载体。现有的关于在Android设备上增强用户隐私的研究通常可以归类为Android修改。这些解决方案通常需要修改操作系统，这会大大降低其潜力。这项研究提出了使用权限删除，其中使用逆向工程过程来删除应用程序对资源的权限。重新打包的应用程序将在原始应用程序支持的所有设备上运行。我们的研究结果是基于对Android移动的设备的七个流行的社交网络应用程序的研究表明，权限删除的难度可能会因权限类型和权限在应用程序中的集成程度而异。
Android mobile devices are becoming a popular alternative to computers. The rise in the number of tasks performed on smartphones means sensitive information is stored on the devices. Consequently, Android devices are a potential vector for criminal exploitation. Existing research on enhancing user privacy on Android devices can generally be classified as Android modifications. These solutions often require operating system modifications, which significantly reduce their potential. This research proposes the use of permissions removal, wherein a reverse engineering process is used to remove an app's permission to a resource. The repackaged app will run on all devices the original app supported. Our findings that are based on a study of seven popular social networking apps for Android mobile devices indicate that the difficulty of permissions removal may vary between types of permissions and how well-integrated a permission is within an app.