Analysis of Security Permissions on Android and iOS from a Privacy Perspective

Security on mobile devices is fundamental, as they are managing confidential information in particular. Two of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices are Android and iOS. This work presents and analyzes some key characteristics of its security models, considering in particular its permission systems. Additionally, this paper presents a hybrid mobile application, a framework, for permission analysis that can run on both Android and iOS. The framework, which can be extended, places special emphasis on the relationship between the user's privacy and the permission system.