IMPROVED SECURITY EVALUATION AND USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATION INSTALLATION

摘要

Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for application installation security and privacy evaluation and indication. The system may include an application installation module configured to receive an application package for installation on a device, wherein the package comprises a list of device resources to be accessed by the application. The system may also include memory configured to store an impact score table comprising one or more security impact scores, each security impact score associated with access to one of the device resources. The system may further include a security/privacy evaluation module configured to calculate a security impact indicator (SII) based on a sum of the security impact scores selected by the accessed device resources listed in the package.