An Analysis of the Privacy and Security Risks of Android VPN Permission-enabled Apps
Title | An Analysis of the Privacy and Security Risks of Android VPN Permission-enabled Apps |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Ikram, M., Vallina-Rodriguez N., Seneviratne S., Kaafar M. Ali, & Paxson V. |
Published in | Proceedings of ACM Internet Measurement Conference |
Abstract | Millions of users worldwide resort to mobile VPN clients to either circumvent censorship or to access geo-blocked content, and more generally for privacy and security purposes. In practice, however, users have little if any guarantees about the corresponding security and privacy settings, and perhaps no practical knowledge about the entities accessing their mobile traffic. |
Acknowledgment | This work was partially supported by the Data61/CSIRO and the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant CNS-1564329. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors or originators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Data61/CSIRO or of the NSF. The authors would like to thank our shepherd, Ben Zhao, and the anonymous reviewers for constructive feedback on preparation of the final version of this paper. We also thank Nick Kiourtis (Kryptowire) and Angelos Stavrou (Kryptowire) for valuable help. |
URL | https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ba66/ad14cbac48206ef515baf89a9425a76e98f3.pdf |
ICSI Research Group | Networking and Security |