Cross-sectional Examination on Android Security
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چکیده
Nowadays, mobile terminal has become an indispensable element in people’s daily life as the advent of post-PC era, the security issue of these mobile platforms plays a pivotal role in this information technology era. As Android accounts for approximately 80% in the third quarter of 2013, the importance of its potential security risks cannot be neglected. This research started from the critical analysis of the nature of threats from the perspectives of Google and mobile carrier, third-party security applications and user behavior. From these analysis results, a cross-sectional examination was used to derive several practical suggestions for the sake of solving the problems existing currently in the Android phones.
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