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Short paper: rethinking permissions for mobile web apps: barriers and the road ahead

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Traynor, Patrick Amrutkar, Chaitrali
Abstract	The distinction between mobile applications built for specific platforms and that run in mobile browsers is increasingly being blurred. As HTML5 becomes universally deployed and mobile web apps directly take advantage of device features such as the camera, microphone and geolocation information, this difference will vanish almost entirely. In spite of this increasing similarity, the permission systems protecting mobile device resources for $native^{1}$ and web apps are dramatically different. In this position paper, we argue that the increasing indistinguishability between such apps coupled with the dynamic nature of mobile web apps calls for reconsidering the current permission model for mobile web apps. We first discuss factors associated with securing mobile web apps in comparison to traditional apps. We then propose a mechanism that presents a holistic view of the permissions required by a web app and provides a simple, single-stop permission management process. We then briefly discuss issues surrounding the use and deployment of this technique. In so doing, we argue that in the absence of an in-cloud security model for mobile web apps, client side defenses are limited. Our model can provide users with a better chance of making informed security decisions and may also aid researchers in assessing security of mobile web apps.
Starting Page	15
Ending Page	20
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450316668
DOI	10.1145/2381934.2381939
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2012-10-19
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Web app security Mobile devices Permissions
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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