Abstract
Visualization is an encouraging tool for the study and understanding of text. Effective Visualization refers to visualization of data in a way that it requires minimal training for the user and is easy to understand. Keeping in consideration the user privacy and concern when it comes to android application permission model, the textual representation of permissions is transformed into visualization and the effect is examined deeply. The results depict that the purpose of visualization has been achieved. With the use of technique of visualization, users read, understand, acknowledge and are more aware about the permissions being accessed by the application.
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We would like to use this opportunity to express our gratitude to Dr. Nazim Ashraf for his support in the development of the Exclusive Visual App Store. We would also like to thank all the participants who took part in the study.
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Malik, Z.H., Farzand, H., Shafiq, Z. (2019). Enhancing the Usability of Android Application Permission Model. In: Arai, K., Kapoor, S., Bhatia, R. (eds) Advances in Information and Communication Networks. FICC 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 887. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03405-4_16
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