计算机科学与技术专业外文翻译--一个权限的难题：Android智能手机上安装应用程序的权限.docVIP

外文原文： A Conundrum of Permissions: Installing Applications on an Android Smart-phone By Patrick Gage Kelley December 2011 Each time a user installs an application on their Android phone they are presented with a full screen of information describing what access they will be granting that application. This information is intended to help them make two choices: whether or not they trust that the application will not damage the security of their device and whether or not they are willing to share their information with the application, developer, and partners in question. We performed a series of semi-structured interviews in two cities to determine whether people read and understand these permissions screens, and to better understand how people perceive the implications of these decisions. We find that the permissions displays are generally viewed and read, but not understood by Android users. Alarmingly, we find that people are unaware of the security risks associated with mobile apps and believe that app market places test and reject applications. In sum, users are not currently well prepared to make informed privacy and security decisions around installing applications. Keywords: privacy, security, android, applications, smart-phone, permission, information design 1 Introduction Since the launch of the first Android phone in October 2008 the rise of the plat-form has been meteoric. Android phones accounted for over half of all smart-phone sales as of Q3 2011. With each smart-phone sold, more users are down-loading applications from the Android Market. As of May 2011[6], Google reported that over 200,000 applications were available in the Android Market and that those applications had been installed 4.5 billion times in total [2]. Applications are not pre-screened; instead users are given the opportunity to decide which software to install on their phone. Android app rating and recommendation site App-Brain reports that there are now 310,000 applications in t