Publications

"Why Are They Collecting My Data?": Inferring the Purposes of Network Traffic in Mobile Apps

Haojian Jin, Minyi Liu, Kevan Dodhia, Yuanchun Li, Gaurav Srivastava, Matthew Fredrikson, Yuvraj Agarwal, and Jason I. Hong

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)

Journal Article

android, contextual integrity, network, privacy, purpose, smartphone privacy

PrivacyStreams: Enabling Transparency in Personal Data Processing for Mobile Apps

Yuanchun Li, Fanglin Chen, Toby Jia-Jun Li, Yao Guo, Gang Huang, Matthew Fredrikson, Yuvraj Agarwal, and Jason I Hong

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)

Journal Article

android, functional programming, mobile data, personal data, privacy, smartphone privacy

Understanding the Purpose of Permission Use in Mobile Apps

Haoyu Wang, Yuanchun Li, Yao Guo, Yuvraj Agarwal, and Jason I. Hong

ACM Transactions on Information Systems (ACM TOIS)

Journal Article

android, data mining, permission, privacy, purpose, smartphone privacy

Styx: Design and Evaluation of a New Privacy Risk Communication Method for Smartphones

Gokhan Bal, Kai Rannenberg, and Jason Hong

International Information Security and Privacy Conference (SEC)

Full Paper

privacy, risk, security, smartphone, smartphone privacy, usable privacy and security, user interface

The Privacy and Security Behaviors of Smartphone App Developers

Rebecca Balebako, Abigail Marsh, Jialiu Lin, Jason Hong, and Lorrie Faith Cranor

Workshop on Usable Security (USEC)

Workshop Paper

developers, privacy, security, smartphone, smartphone privacy

Mobile Application Evaluation Using Automation and Crowdsourcing

Shahriyar Amini, Jialiu Lin, Jason I. Hong, Janne Lindqvist, and Joy Zhang

PETools

Workshop Paper

Gort, android, crowdsourcing, privacy, security, smartphone, smartphone privacy