In order to improve mobile data transparency, various approaches have been proposed to
inspect network traffic generated by mobile devices and detect exposure of personally …

Although advertising is a popular strategy for mobile app monetization, it is often desirable to
block ads in order to improve usability, performance, privacy, and security. In this paper, we …

Today's mobile apps employ third-party advertising and tracking (A&T) libraries, which may
pose a threat to privacy. State-of-the-art detects and blocks outgoing A&T HTTP/S requests …

Android is offering millions of apps on Google Play-store by the application publishers.
However, those publishers do have a parent organization and share information with them …

Detecting anomalously behaving devices in security-and-safety-critical applications is an
important challenge. This article presents an off-device methodology for detecting the …

Privacy is important and valued by individuals in our society. However, the wide use of the
Internet and networked applications has introduced new complexities to how privacy can be …

Mobile devices have access to personal, potentially sensitive data, and there is a growing
number of mobile apps that have access to it and often transmit this personally identifiable …

With the popularity of smartphones, mobile applications (apps) have penetrated the daily life
of people. Although apps provide rich functionalities, they also access a large amount of …

Mobile devices have access to personal, potentially sensitive data, and there is a large
number of mobile applications and third-party libraries that transmit this information over the …

Advancement in networking technologies has led to an increase in mobile phone usage
exponentially, simplifying people's lives. However, this surge has created pathways for …