Effect of App Market Conditions on Permissions Usage by App Developers

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dc.contributor.authorWei, Jia
dc.contributor.authorMallampalli, Kamesh
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:24:54Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractThe common mechanism for controlling security and privacy data on mobile platforms is through the app permissions model. Platform owners evolve the model through changes to the APIs provided to app developers. This however places increased responsibility on app developers to determine the privileges they need to deliver the app’s functionality. In this paper, we investigate the factors influencing an app developer to seek permissions for privileged access in the context of the Android mobile platform. We find that the apps facing higher competition in their category or targeted at more mature audiences seek more permissions from users. However, apps charging higher prices for downloads ask for a lower number of permissions. The findings suggest that market conditions incentivize app developers to seek more privileges whereas a revenue stream such as download price does not. Therefore, more control exercised by the platform owner on the conditions of their app market would be more beneficial to the platform from the security and privacy perspective.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.838
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103472
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSoftware Development for Mobile Devices, the Internet-of-Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems
dc.subjectandroid
dc.subjectapp permissions
dc.subjectapps
dc.subjectmobile platforms
dc.subjectsecurity & privacy
dc.titleEffect of App Market Conditions on Permissions Usage by App Developers
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