Question

Mobile App security – Explore app permissions, how are they being used, where data being transmitted.

Hi, thesis my topic for the project.Iam in need of help in figuring out how to start my research and also have some questions regarding the topic

1. name 10 apps for which I can use to explore its app permissions and data gathering?.

2.Are there any software or app that can be installed to collect the information regarding the app permissions?

3.I need an introduction for about a 5 lines.

Please I need help with this, give brief explanation for all these questions .

Answer 1

1. for exploring data gathering and permission, you can always use any apps. you can use youtube, google, whatsapp, facebook, snapchat, twitter, mx player, flipkart, amazon, linkedin etc. all apps gather data somehow, and based on the permission given to them they operate on the data.

2. Yes, there are so many applications available which you can use. but you can also use settings app which comes in every android phone, and by navigating to the application and permission settings, you can find which apps is using what permissions. You can use PermissionChecker API and also use aSpotCat app for the same which will show you what permission is used by which apps. You can create your own app also with root priviledge to determine this.

3. You can start your introduction of thesis like as follows:

Android is one of the most popular operating system for hand held devices. Now a days, almost all users of all range uses android smart phone to make their daily life smooth. While android provides so many features to make life easier, at the same time it puts so many danger to users. In short, Mobile App security is a study about how application is using your devices and it's data. As we know, that android app uses concepts of permissions which user can allow and deny based on choice. some apps also requires all permission without which it can not function. Based on this scenario and how people can enable or disable app permission, we can create a comparative scenario called Mobile App Security by using the permission matrix. And based on the study we can say that permission is the most powerful tool to make your device safe or unsafe.

Hope this helps.