Permission tracking in Android

UBICOMM 2012 - 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 148-155

  Kern, Michael ^a   Sametinger, Johannes ^b  

^a Borland Software Corporation   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Android; Mobile devices; Permissions; Privacy; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; EMAIL MESSAGES; PERMISSIONS; SENSITIVE DATAS; TABLET COMPUTER;

DATA PRIVACY; MOBILE DEVICES; SMARTPHONES; SURFACE DISCHARGES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84881416894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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