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Android application's copyright protection technology based on forensic mark

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Sanghoon Choi,

Joonhyouk Jang,

Eunkyeung JaeAuthors Info & Claims

RACS '12: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Research in Applied Computation Symposium

Pages 338 - 339

https://doi.org/10.1145/2401603.2401676

Published: 23 October 2012 Publication History

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Recently there has been increasing use of Android smartphones. Accordingly, the number of Android applications ("apps") is increasing rapidly. Accordingly, the number of Android application developers is also increasing. However, because of a lack of the required legal system and technology, it is difficult to protect copyrights. Consequently, the use of pirated apps is increasing. In this paper, we investigate the detection of pirated apps using forensic marks. To control the execution of apps, we study developers' copyright protection technology.

To apply this technique, we developed developer copyright libraries ("self-checking libraries") and a forensic mark insertion tool. To configure the system, a virtual market, a market server, and a client app have been developed. The actual app is built in a market-like environment. Experiments were conducted to ascertain real-world applicability and practical possibilities. The practical techniques proposed in this paper contribute to the protection of app copyrights. Furthermore, the smartphone apps market is expected to contribute greatly to this effort.

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Android application's copyright protection technology based on forensic mark
1. Security and privacy
  1. Security services
    1. Access control
  2. Systems security
    1. Operating systems security

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RACS '12: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Research in Applied Computation Symposium

October 2012

488 pages

ISBN:9781450314923

DOI:10.1145/2401603

General Chairs:
Yookun Cho
Seoul National University, Korea
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Rex E. Gantenbein
University of Wyoming, USA
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Tei-Wei Kuo
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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Vahid Tarokh
Harvard University

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Tsai K(2015)Android App copy protection mechanism with semi-trusted loader2015 17th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT)10.1109/ICACT.2015.7224838(464-467)Online publication date: Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2015.7224838
Tsai KChiu YWu T(2014)Android App copy protection mechanism based on dynamic loadingThe 18th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE 2014)10.1109/ISCE.2014.6884412(1-3)Online publication date: Jun-2014
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