Autor según el artículo: Papageorgiou, Achilleas; Strigkos, Michael; Politou, Eugenia; Alepis, Efthimios; Solanas, Agusti; Patsakis, Constantinos;
Departamento: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
Autor/es de la URV: Solanas Gómez, Agustín
Palabras clave: Security and privacy exposure Security Mobile security Data privacy Communication system security Application security
Resumen: Recent advances in hardware and telecommunications have enabled the development of low cost mobile devices equipped with a variety of sensors. As a result, new functionalities, empowered by emerging mobile platforms, allow millions of applications to take advantage of vast amounts of data. Following this trend, mobile health applications collect users health-related information to help them better comprehend their health status and to promote their overall wellbeing. Nevertheless, health-related information is by nature and by law deemed sensitive and, therefore, its adequate protection is of substantial importance. In this paper we provide an in-depth security and privacy analysis of some of the most popular freeware mobile health applications. We have performed both static and dynamic analysis of selected mobile health applications, along with tailored testing of each application's functionalities. Long term analyses of the life cycle of the reviewed apps and our general data protection regulation compliance auditing procedure are unique features of the present paper. Our findings reveal that the majority of the analyzed applications do not follow well-known practices and guidelines, not even legal restrictions imposed by contemporary data protection regulations, thus jeopardizing the privacy of millions of users.
Áreas temáticas: Telecommunications Materials science (miscellaneous) Materials science (all) General materials science General engineering General computer science Engineering, electrical & electronic Engineering (miscellaneous) Engineering (all) Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Electrical and electronic engineering Computer science, information systems Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer science (all) Ciência da computação
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: agusti.solanas@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-4881-6215
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-01-27
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8272037
URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Ieee Access. 6 9390-9403
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Papageorgiou, Achilleas; Strigkos, Michael; Politou, Eugenia; Alepis, Efthimios; Solanas, Agusti; Patsakis, Constantinos; (2018). Security and Privacy Analysis of Mobile Health Applications: The Alarming State of Practice. Ieee Access, 6(), 9390-9403. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2799522
DOI del artículo: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2799522
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2018
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
Repositori URV