Can You Hear Me Now? Audio and Visual Interactions That Change App Choices.

ABSTRACT: Android and iOS mobile operating systems use permissions to enable phone owners to manage access to their device's resources. Both systems provide resource access dialogues at first use and per-resource controls. Android continues to offer permission manifests in the Android PlayStore for older apps but is transitioning away from this. Neither manifests nor first-use dialogues enable people to easily compare apps based on resource requests, and the corresponding privacy and security risks. Without the ability to compare resource requests when choosing an app, customers cannot select those apps that request fewer resources. Unnecessary and excessive permission requests, overuse of resources, information exfiltration, and risky apps are endemic. To address this issue we built upon past work

SUBMITTER: Gopavaram SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593676 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature