TY - GEN
T1 - DroidTrack
T2 - FTRA 7th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2013
AU - Sakamoto, Syunya
AU - Okuda, Kenji
AU - Nakatsuka, Ryo
AU - Yamauchi, Toshihiro
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - An app in Android can collaborate with other apps and control personal information by using the Intent or user's allowing of permission. However, users cannot detect when they communicate. Therefore, users might not be aware information leakage if app is malware. This paper proposes DroidTrack, a method for tracking the diffusion of personal information and preventing its leakage on an Android device. DroidTrack alerts the user of the possibility of information leakage when an app uses APIs to communicate with outside. These alerts are triggered only if the app has already called APIs to collect personal information. Users are given the option to refuse the execution of the API if it is not appropriate. Further, by illustrating how their personal data is diffused, users can have the necessary information to help them decide whether the API use is appropriate.
AB - An app in Android can collaborate with other apps and control personal information by using the Intent or user's allowing of permission. However, users cannot detect when they communicate. Therefore, users might not be aware information leakage if app is malware. This paper proposes DroidTrack, a method for tracking the diffusion of personal information and preventing its leakage on an Android device. DroidTrack alerts the user of the possibility of information leakage when an app uses APIs to communicate with outside. These alerts are triggered only if the app has already called APIs to collect personal information. Users are given the option to refuse the execution of the API if it is not appropriate. Further, by illustrating how their personal data is diffused, users can have the necessary information to help them decide whether the API use is appropriate.
KW - API control
KW - Android
KW - Malware
KW - Preventing information leakage
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-6738-6_31
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-6738-6_31
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880711614
SN - 9789400767379
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 243
EP - 251
BT - Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2013
Y2 - 9 May 2013 through 11 May 2013
ER -