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Evgenii Pustozerov1, Ute von Jan1, Urs-Vito Albrecht1
1Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics. University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|June 29, 2016
Summary
Many top-rated "Medicine" and "Health & Fitness" mobile health (mHealth) apps request more permissions than necessary. Discrepancies between declared and utilized permissions in app source code may impact mHealth app safety and reliability.
Area of Science:
- Mobile Health
- Software Engineering
- App Security
Background:
- Mobile health (mHealth) apps are increasingly used for health management.
- The Google Play Store hosts numerous mHealth applications in
- Medicine
- and
- Health & Fitness
- categories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the permissions requested by top-rated mHealth applications.
- To determine if requested permissions align with actual usage within the app's source code.
- To assess potential security and reliability implications of permission discrepancies.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of manifest files and source code for 1080 top-rated mHealth apps.
- Comparison of declared permissions against utilized permissions.
- Categorization of apps within "Medicine" and "Health & Fitness" on Google Play Store.
Main Results:
- A significant number of applications exhibit mismatches between declared and utilized permissions.
- Many apps request permissions exceeding their functional requirements.
- Discrepancies were observed in both "Medicine" and "Health & Fitness" app categories.
Conclusions:
- Mismatched permissions in mHealth apps may indicate poor quality.
- Potential negative impacts on the safety and reliability of mHealth applications are a concern.
- Further investigation into app permission practices is warranted.
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