Open AccessUsers Comprehension and Behaviour Study on Android Permissions
Author(s) -
Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal on perceptive and cognitive computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2462-229X
DOI - 10.31436/ijpcc.v2i2.29
Subject(s) - android (operating system) , trustworthiness , internet privacy , computer science , download , computer security , android app , world wide web , operating system
The Android Market has become the main source of applications (apps) download for Android based devices. The majority of users trust that the apps that they downloaded are safe and trustworthy. However, it is not always the case since a large numbers of apps contain several unnecessary permissions that will potentially provide threats to the users’ privacy and security by stealing their important data, and also offer services that will cost money to the users. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the level of knowledge, understanding and behaviour of the users towards these permissions. The results obtained show that the awareness regarding these permissions among the users is still low and they need to be warned against the potential threats of these permissions to ensure that they can make a more informed decisions whether to install the apps or not.