Forensic taxonomy of popular Android mHealth apps

2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Azfar, Abdullah ^a   Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a   Liu, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Android forensics; Calorie counter myfitnesspal app; Digital forensics; Health app; Mobile health app taxonomy; Period calendar app; Runkeeper app

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; TAXONOMIES;

ANDROID FORENSICS; DIGITAL FORENSIC; DIGITAL INVESTIGATION; E-MAIL ADDRESS; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATION; SENSITIVE INFORMATIONS; USER LOCATION;

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM);

EID: 84963613034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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