Device analyzer: a privacy-aware platform to support research on the Android ecosystem

Daniel T. Wagner; Daniel R. Thomas; Alastair R. Beresford; Andrew Rice

doi:10.1145/2766498.2774992

Device analyzer: a privacy-aware platform to support research on the Android ecosystem

Daniel T. Wagner
, Daniel R. Thomas
, Alastair R. Beresford
, Andrew Rice

Computer And Information Sciences

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

4 Citations (Scopus)

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Abstract

Device Analyzer is an Android app available from the Google Play store. It is designed to collect a large range of data from the handset and, with agreement from our contributors, share it with researchers around the world. Researchers can access the data collected, and can also use the platform to support their own user studies. In this paper we provide an overview of the privacy-enhancing techniques used in Device Analzyer, including transparency, consent, purpose, access, withdrawal, and accountability. We also demonstrate the utility of our platform by assessing the security of the Android ecosystem to privilege escalation attacks and deter-mine that 88% of Android devices are, on average, vulnerable to one or more of these type of attacks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015
Place of Publication	New York
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450336239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2766498.2774992
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2015
Event	8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015 - New York, United States Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015

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Conference	8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	22/06/15 → 26/06/15

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5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported by the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Premium Studentship scheme, a Google focussed research award and the EPSRC grants EP/P505445/1 and EP/L504920/1.

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smartphones
mobile devices
battery life
Android
privacy-aware platform

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Wagner, DT, Thomas, DR, Beresford, AR & Rice, A 2015, Device analyzer: a privacy-aware platform to support research on the Android ecosystem. in Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015., a34, New York, 8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015, New York, United States, 22/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2766498.2774992

Device analyzer: a privacy-aware platform to support research on the Android ecosystem. / Wagner, Daniel T.; Thomas, Daniel R.; Beresford, Alastair R. et al.
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2015. New York, 2015. a34.

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