Anycast and Third-party Libraries: A Recipe for a Privacy Disaster?

Citation Author(s):
Hugo
Pascual
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Jose M.
del Alamo
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
David
Rodriguez
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Juan C.
Dueñas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Hugo Pascual
Last updated:
Fri, 06/28/2024 - 05:40
DOI:
10.21227/adkg-a502
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Abstract 

This repo contains the results and analysis data used in the experiment reported in the paper "Anycast and Third-party Libraries: A Recipe for a Privacy Disaster?" (under revision).

To this end, we conducted an experiment where we analyzed the personal data transfers of more than 5,500 Android apps, further identifying the libraries triggering the transfers and the destinations’ geolocation. The results show that 90% of third-party libraries and 98.65% of apps integrating them potentially fail to meet the requirements for international personal data transfers.

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Check the associated paper "Anycast and Third-party Libraries: A Recipe for a Privacy Disaster?" (under revision).

Funding Agency: 
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, España
Grant Number: 
TED2021-130455A-I00