Selecting Critical Data Flows in Android Applications for Abnormal Behavior Detection

Box 1

Android location leak example.

()  void onCreate()

()    locationManager = (LocationManager)

      getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

()    Location location = locationManager

      .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

()    String content = “Longitude:” + location.getLongitude()

      + “Latitude:” + location.getLatitude();

()    String file = this.getFilesDir() + “/privacyfile.txt”;

()    FileUtils.stringToFile(file,content);

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