Author

Privacy Tool

Methods

Control Type

[6]

Protect MyPrivacy

Developing a crowdsourcing system to help the user to make informed decisions

Static control

[7]

PrivacyGuard

Detecting the leakage of multiple types of sensitive data and modifying the leaked information

Finer granularity

[9]

Reconciling Mobile App Privacy

Analyzing people’s privacy preferences when it comes to granting permissions

No

[12]

Taintdroid

Dynamic approach to track the data through four levels

No

[13]

Little Brothers

Watching You

Investigation users’ understanding when the data is shared.

No

[14]

AntMonitor

Analysing actual network traffic of Android using VPNService API to intercept traffic.

Static control

[15]

TISSA

Providing users with empty or bogus options.

Finer granularity

[16]

AppFence

Providing users with two privacy controls to protect sensitive resources (shadowing and blocking)

Finer granularity

[17]

PiOS

Using static analysis to detect apps leak

No

[18]

Styx

Providing the user with more meaningful privacy information based on the actual behaviour of apps

No

[19]

AppIntent

AppIntent determines if transmission is user intended or not

Static control

[20]

Turtle Guard

TurtleGuard helps users to vary their privacy preferences based on a few selected contextual circumstances.

Finer granularity

[21]

SmarPer

Predicting permission decisions at runtime.

Finer granularity

[22]

Ask On First Use

Contextually-aware permission system that performs permission denial dynamically

Static control