Privacy disclosure risk: smartphone user guide
by Nurul Hidayah Ab Rahman
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation (IJMNDI), Vol. 5, No. 1, 2013

Abstract: A sharp increase in mobile device and applications raise serious concern on individual privacy risk in smartphone. Capabilities of current mobile device which enable it to have similar functionality with notebook inspires user to use it for many purposes. However, the scenario attracts attacker to intrude privacy in order to gain data on the device for specific purpose. This paper presents a preliminary study on privacy risks in smartphone environment from individual user perspective. The contribution of this paper is two fold. First, the privacy risks are reviewed from physical and logical viewpoint. Then an online survey is conducted to gain initial perception of privacy practice among users. Second contribution is by providing and discussing a guideline to deal with privacy risk incident on smartphone. As conclusion, future work and research on privacy risk is discussed to generate more contributions in this area.

Online publication date: Sat, 26-Jul-2014

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