Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
MockDroid is a modified version of the Android operating system which allows a user to 'mock' an application's access to a resource. This resource is subsequently reported as empty or unavailable whenever the application requests access. This approach allows users to revoke access to particular resources at run-time, encouraging users to consider the trade-off between functionality and the disclosure of personal information whilst they use an application. Existing applications continue to work on MockDroid, possibly with reduced functionality, since existing applications are already written to tolerate resource failure, such as network unavailability or lack of a GPS signal. We demonstrate the practicality of our approach by successfully running a random sample of twenty-three popular applications from the Android Market. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2011 | 10.1145/2184489.2184500 | HotMobile |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
resource failure,encouraging user,application functionality,twenty-three popular application,particular resource,reduced functionality,gps signal,android operating system,android market,application requests access,trading privacy,modified version,privacy,operating system,android,random sampling,mobile | World Wide Web,Android (operating system),Computer science,Computer security,Computer network,Unavailability,Phone,Personally identifiable information,Assisted GPS | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
200 | 15.85 | 2 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair R. Beresford | 1 | 1436 | 107.07 |
| Andrew Rice | 2 | 384 | 30.11 |
| Nicholas Skehin | 3 | 209 | 16.32 |
| Ripduman Sohan | 4 | 368 | 30.28 |