privacy and local mobile apps
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Privacy and local Mobile Apps
Presented by:Yosr Jouini@Yoojoo_
In collaboration With:Marwen Dhemaied@marwen_o
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Context Privacy Talks made it to the news
Presidential Elections Endorsements Leaks
Biometric ID Bill
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State of the Art: Legal Framework
*Convention 108
Ratification
*National Authority for
Personal Data
Protection (INDP)
*Privacy as a
constitutional Right
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C O N N E C T I V I T Y I N N U M B E R S
48Percent of the
population is using internet
/ 7.8Data Subscription
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How do local mobile apps deal with Users privacy?
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Research Start Point/idea:
While installing or updating mobile apps, there's always that famous
pop-up that asks to allow the app to use specific features of the
phone.
What kind of permissions do local mobile apps usually ask
for?
And how safe it is for a user to give these permissions?
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A dataset of 43 Applications selected manually from Play Store
Apps Selection
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8 SectorsBanking SectorMediaE-commerceBrandsServicesISPs/OperatorsPublic InstitutionsSport clubs
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18 sub-Categories: Microphone,Contacts,Storage,SMS,Camera,Location,WiFi,Phone,Device,Identity,Network,Bluetooth,Sensors,TimeZone&Alarm,Notification,Packages,WallPaper
Permissions:Highly Dangerous Medium Trivial
Storage: Read / Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage.Contacts: Find/ Read/ Modify accounts on the device.Location: Receive LocationPhone: Read phone status and identity.Camera: Take pictures and videos.Microphone: record audio...
Wifi: view Wi-Fi connections.SMS: receive text messages (SMS)','send SMS messagesDevice: retrieve running apps.Storage: Format external storage, mount/unmount
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Findings:Apps Ranking: - Less privacy friendly: Globalnet - Most privacy friendly: La Post
Permissions Per Sectors:Location – BankingStorage – MediaContacts – Telecom Companies / Clubs
Sectors Ranking: 1/Brands 2/Media 3/Banks
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RecommendationsPrivacy Policies Importance
Developpers / Pms education
Activating the process - INDPD
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Next StepsExtend Our research to report 9 MENA countries
Publish a final report
Develop a privacy Awarness Index based on local apps analysis