Open AccessA detailed study on risk assessment of mobile app permissions
Author(s) -
D Naga Malleswari,
A Dhavalya,
V.D.Varun sai,
K. Srikanth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i1.1.9706
Subject(s) - permission , internet privacy , android (operating system) , private information retrieval , computer science , personally identifiable information , computer security , mobile phone , information sensitivity , user information , risk assessment , mobile device , phone , world wide web , information system , engineering , telecommunications , electrical engineering , political science , law , operating system , linguistics , philosophy
Mobile phone have user’s personal and private information. When mobile applications have the permission to access to this information they may leak it to third parties without user’s consent for their own benefits. As users are not aware of how their personal information would be used once applications are installed and permissions are granted, this raises a potential privacy concern. Therefore, there is a need for a risk assessment model that can intimate the users about the threats the mobile application poses to the user's private information. We propose an approach that helps in increasing user’s awareness of the privacy risk involved with granting permissions to Android applications. The proposed model focuses on the requested permissions of the application and determines the risk based on the permission set asked and gives a risk score.