Encouraging Privacy-Aware Smartphone App Installation: What Would the Technically-Adept Do | Zendy

Oksana Kulyk | Zendy; Paul Gerber | Zendy; Michael El Hanafi | Zendy; Benjamin Reinheimer | Zendy; Karen Renaud | Zendy; Melanie Volkamer | Zendy

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Encouraging Privacy-Aware Smartphone App Installation: What Would the Technically-Adept Do

Author(s) -

Oksana Kulyk,

Paul Gerber,

Michael El Hanafi,

Benjamin Reinheimer,

Karen Renaud,

Melanie Volkamer

Publication year - 2016

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.14722/usec.2016.23016

Subject(s) - adept , computer science , mobile apps , smartphone app , internet privacy , computer security , world wide web , medicine , prodrug , pharmacology

Smartphone apps can harvest very personal details from the phone with ease. This is a particular privacy concern. Unthinking installation of untrustworthy apps constitutes risky behaviour. This could be due to poor awareness or a lack of knowhow: knowledge of how to go about protecting privacy. It seems that Smartphone owners proceed with installation, ignoring any misgivings they might have, and thereby irretrievably sacrifice their privacy.

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