Towards speedy permission-based debloating for Android apps

• Main Authors: Ferdian, Thung, LIU, Jiakun, RATTANUKUL, Pattarakrit, MAOZ, Shahar, TOCH, Eran, GAO, Debin, LO, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Security and privacy; Software security engineering; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9259; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10259/viewcontent/3647632.3651390.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Android apps typically include many functionalities that not all users require. These result in software bloat that increases possible attack surface and app size. Common functionalities that users may not require are related to permissions that they intend to disallow in the first place. As these p...