Security and Privacy in Mobile Apps

Abstract

The world has gone mobile. 80% of adults possess a cell phone and more than half of them have access to internet. The mobile app marketplace is blooming with more than 1.5k mobile apps launched every day in the play store. From movie streaming to cab booking, viewing the Xray to purchasing something online, these apps allow us to do everything from anywhere. Alongside the numerous brilliant capacities these applications offer we should take care that it poses privacy and security challenges, such as the difficulty of giving clients about protection decisions on little screens and the numerous players who may approach sensitive client data