Context: Mobile applications (apps) have become deeply personal, constantly demanding
access to privacy-sensitive information in exchange for more personalized user …

Current ultra-low power smart sensing edge devices, operating for years on small batteries,
are limited to low-bandwidth sensors, such as temperature or pressure. Enabling the next …

Privacy policies are the primary mechanism by which companies inform users about data
collection and sharing practices. To help users better understand these long and complex …

Identifying privacy-sensitive data leaks by mobile applications has been a topic of great
research interest for the past decade. Technically, such data flows are not “leaks” if they are …

The purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to provide improved
privacy protection. If an app controls personal data from users, it needs to be compliant with …

Voice Assistants (VA) such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are quickly and
seamlessly integrating into people's daily lives. The increased reliance on VA services …

While privacy laws and regulations require apps and services to disclose the purposes of
their data collection to the users (ie, why do they collect my data?), the data usage in an …

A large number of functionality-rich and easily accessible applications have become popular
among various virtual personal assistant (VPA) services such as Amazon Alexa. VPA …

Recent research has highlighted privacy as a primary concern for IoT device users.
However, due to the challenges in conducting a large-scale study to analyze thousands of …

Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology that enables new applications but also
introduces privacy risks. In this paper, we focus on Oculus VR (OVR), the leading platform in …