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A qualitative study...
A qualitative study of app acquisition and management
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- Elahi, Haroon (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för datavetenskap
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- Wang, Guojun (författare)
- School of Computer Science and Cyber Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- Jiang, Wenjun (författare)
- College of Computer Science and Ele-ctronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- Bartel, Alexandre (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för datavetenskap
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- Traon, Yves Le (författare)
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Esch-Belval Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- IEEE, 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. - : IEEE. - 2329-924X. ; , s. 1-19
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Abstract
Ämnesord
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- Smartphone users rely on Apps for their daily lives but simultaneously struggle to protect their privacy and device security from potentially harmful and malicious Apps. However, scientific literature lacks in-depth studies mapping user struggles, factors undermining their efforts, and implications. We cover this gap by engaging 24 smartphone users in 44 interview sessions. We observe them performing different App acquisition and management tasks, seek explanations, and analyze collected data to make the following contributions. First, we develop a theoretical App acquisition and management model describing different phenomena involved in App acquisition and management in Android smartphones. Causal conditions of these phenomena and contexts, and intervening conditions influencing user strategies are discovered grounded in the data acquired through the interview sessions. It shows the challenges they face, the strategies they develop and use to deal with the faced challenges, and their consequences. Second, we systematically discover and relate different App acquisition and management concepts in 34 subcategories related to user struggles. None of the existing studies discovers, explains, and relates actual user behaviors involving this many factors in one place. Third, this research discovers six problems unaddressed by the literature: the usage of untrusted App repositories, mandatory and forced installations, the installation process changes, the Settings App complexities, the void contracts problem, and the psychological consequences of failure to protect privacy in Android phones. Finally, we provide general guidelines for users, App stores, developers, and regulators to assist them in enhancing privacy and security protection in the Android ecosystem.
Ämnesord
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Datorsystem (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Computer Systems (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Människa-datorinteraktion (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Human Computer Interaction (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Android operating system (OS)
- App acquisition
- App management
- Data privacy
- grounded theory
- Interviews
- Operating systems
- privacy
- Privacy
- Runtime
- Security
- security
- Smart phones
- user behavior
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