Characterizing Location-based Mobile Tracking in Mobile Ad Networks
Cryptography and Security
2019-03-26 v1
Abstract
Mobile apps nowadays are often packaged with third-party ad libraries to monetize user data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.09916,
title = {Characterizing Location-based Mobile Tracking in Mobile Ad Networks},
author = {Boyang Hu and Qicheng Lin and Yao Zheng and Qiben Yan and Matthew Troglia and Qingyang Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.09916},
year = {2019}
}
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