To conduct the experiments we create a hotspot by connecting the laptop to the Internet via Ethernet cable, as shown in the diagram below.
We then connect the smartphone on this Wi-Fi hotspot. On the laptop we have installed all the tools required to test the apps such as
Wireshark, Burpsuit, mitmproxy, and Python.
In order to test each application we manually simulate a typical use for 10 to 15 minutes.
The time spent on each application varies and exclusively depends
on its type. During the simulation:
Categories of data | Data types |
---|---|
Behavior | Eployment (Job Searches) |
Medical | Private Messaging (chats, texts, etc.) | Searching |
Location | Longitude |
Latitude | |
Personal Indentifying Infromation | Address |
Age | |
Date of Birth | |
Device Information (e.g. Device ID) | |
Gender | |
Username | |
Password | |
Post Code | |
Telephone Number | |
Name |