The Price is (Not) Right: Comparing Privacy in Free and Paid Apps

The Price is (Not) Right: Comparing Privacy in Free and Paid Apps

It is commonly assumed that “free” mobile apps come at the cost of consumer privacy and that paying for apps could offer consumers protection from behavioral advertising and long-term tracking. This work empirically evaluates the validity of this assumption by comparing the privacy practices of free...

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Main Authors: Han Catherine, Reyes Irwin, Feal Álvaro, Reardon Joel, Wijesekera Primal, Vallina-Rodriguez Narseo, Elazari Amit, Bamberger Kenneth A., Egelman Serge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-07-01
Series:Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Subjects:
privacy
mobile applications
measurements
dynamic analysis
static analysis
consumer protection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0050

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https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0050

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