Generating Summary Risk Scores for Mobile Applications One of Android’s main defense mechanisms against malicious apps is a risk communication mechanism which, before a user installs an app, warns the user about the permissions the app requires, trusting that the user will make the right decision. This approach has been shown to be ineffective as it presents […]
GreenDroid: Automated Diagnosis of Energy Inefficiency for Smartphone Applications Smartphone applications’ energy efficiency is vital, but many Android applications suffer from seriousenergy inefficiency problems. Locating these problems is labor-intensive and automated diagnosis is highly desirable. However, a key challenge is the lack of a decidable criterion that facilitates automatedjudgment of such energy problems. Our work aims to address this challenge. We conducted an in-depth study of 173 open-source […]