Security and privacy of smartphone messaging applications
Robin Alison Mueller, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Peter Fruehwirt, Peter Kieseberg, Edgar R. Weippl · International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications · 2015
Purpose This paper aims to give an overview on a number of selected applications in comparison to a previous evaluation conducted two years ago, as well as performing an analysis on several new applications. Mobile messaging and VoIP applications for smartphones have seen a massive surge in popularity, which has also sparked the interest in research related to their security and privacy protection, leading to in-depth analyses of specific applications or vulnerabilities.