Users comprehension and behaviour study on android permissions

Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham (2016) Users comprehension and behaviour study on android permissions. International Journal on Perceptive and Cognitive Computing, 2 (2). pp. 5-11. ISSN 2462 - 229X

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Abstract

The Android Market has become the main source of applications (apps) download for Android based devices. The majority of users trust that the apps that they downloaded are safe and trustworthy. However, it is not always the case since a large numbers of apps contain several unnecessary permissions that will potentially provide threats to the users’ privacy and security by stealing their important data, and also offer services that will cost money to the users. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the level of knowledge, understanding and behaviour of the users towards these permissions. The results obtained show that the awareness on these permissions among the users is still low and they need to be cautioned against the potential threats of these permissions to ensure that they can make a well informed decisions whether to install the apps or not.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3509/53009
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Android applications, permissions, comprehension, behaviour, privacy
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2016 10:40
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2017 16:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/53009

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