Privacy

AndroidLeaks: Automatically Detecting Potential Privacy Leaks in Android Applications on a Large Scale Publication

Presents AndroidLeaks, which analyzed 24,350 Android apps in 30 hours and found 2,342 apps leaking private data including phone info, GPS location, WiFi data, and audio from 57,299 potential privacy leaks detected.

Investigating User Privacy in Android Ad Libraries Publication

Examines privacy implications of 13 Android ad libraries, discovering several checked dangerous permissions beyond documentation (CAMERA, WRITE_CALENDAR, WRITE_CONTACTS) and identifying cross-app user tracking capabilities.