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Mobile health apps hold great potential for promoting children's health and wellbeing. However, there is limited understanding of how these technologies are currently designed to support children with their health concerns or wellness…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Jamie Lee , Zhaoyuan Su , Yunan Chen

Mobile healthcare (mHealth) applications promise convenient, continuous patient-provider interaction but also introduce severe and often underexamined security and privacy risks. We present an end-to-end audit of 272 Android mHealth apps…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Luke Stevenson , Sanchari Das

The ubiquity of mobile applications has increased dramatically in recent years, opening up new opportunities for cyber attackers and heightening security concerns in the mobile ecosystem. As a result, researchers and practitioners have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Irdin Pekaric , Clemens Sauerwein , Simon Laichner , Ruth Breu

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has impacted the development of mobile health (mHealth) apps, most notably with the advent of AI-based chatbots used as ubiquitous ``companions'' for various services, from fitness to mental health…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Samuel Wairimu , Leonardo Horn Iwaya

Privacy, security, and accessibility, like ethical concerns in mobile applications (a.k.a. apps), commonly subsumed under non-functional requirements, are generally reported by users through app reviews available in app stores. However,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Aakash Sorathiya , Gouri Ginde

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease that can adversely affect any body function; this often requires persons with MS to be active patients who are able to self-manage. There are currently thousands of health…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-11-16 Guido Giunti , Estefania Guisado-Fernandez , Brian Caulfield

Female Health Applications (FHA), a growing segment of FemTech, aim to provide affordable and accessible healthcare solutions for women globally. These applications gather and monitor health and reproductive data from millions of users.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Muhammad Hassan , Mahnoor Jameel , Tian Wang , Masooda Bashir

The purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to provide improved privacy protection. If an app controls personal data from users, it needs to be compliant with GDPR. However, GDPR lists general rules rather than exact…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Ming Fan , Le Yu , Sen Chen , Hao Zhou , Xiapu Luo , Shuyue Li , Yang Liu , Jun Liu , Ting Liu

Background: Approximately 1 in 100 children worldwide are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and 46% to 89% experience significant feeding difficulties. Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) have emerged as a potential tool…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Christopher Cofie Kuzagbe , Fabrice Mukarage , Skye Nandi Adams , N'guessan Yves-Roland Douha , Edith Talina Luhanga

Main objective of this study is to introduce an expert system-based mHealth application that takes Artificial Intelligence support by considering previously introduced solutions from the literature and employing possible requirements for a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Ismail Ali Afrah , Utku Kose

People usually seek out varied information to deal with their health problems. However, the large volume of information available may present challenges for the public to distinguish good from suboptimal advice. How to ensure the right…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-07-29 Wu-Chen Su

The utilization of mHealth applications for remote monitoring has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery by enhancing patient outcomes, increasing access to healthcare services, and reducing healthcare costs. This literature…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Avnish Singh Jat , Tor-Morten Grønli

Increasing interest in securing the Android ecosystem has spawned numerous efforts to assist app developers in building secure apps. These efforts have resulted in tools and techniques capable of detecting vulnerabilities (and malicious…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath , Joydeep Mitra

Intense competition in the mobile apps market means it is important to maintain high levels of app reliability to avoid losing users. Yet despite its importance, app reliability is underexplored in the research literature. To address this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Chathrie Wimalasooriya , Sherlock A. Licorish , Daniel Alencar da Costa , Stephen G. MacDonell

While the applications and demands of Machine learning (ML) systems in mental health are growing, there is little discussion nor consensus regarding a uniquely challenging aspect: building security methods and requirements into these ML…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Helen Jiang , Erwen Senge

Mobile mental health applications are seen as a promising way to fulfill the growing need for mental health care. Although there are more than ten thousand mental health apps available on app marketplaces, such as Google Play and Apple App…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-09-19 MD Romael Haque , Sabirat Rubya

Third-party security apps are an integral part of the Android app ecosystem. Many users install them as an extra layer of protection for their devices. There are hundreds of such security apps, both free and paid in Google Play Store and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Weixian Yao , Yexuan Li , Weiye Lin , Tianhui Hu , Imran Chowdhury , Rahat Masood , Suranga Seneviratne

Mobile health (mHealth) applications support health management through rich data collection and self-reflection, yet the quality of their visualizations varies widely. A key limitation is the suboptimal design of visualizations for…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Bongshin Lee , Seongjae Bae , Mengying Li , Eun Kyoung Choe

As mobile applications (apps) become ubiquitous in everyday life, it is crucial for developers to prioritize accessibility for users with diverse abilities. While previous research has identified widespread accessibility issues and raised…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Amila Indika , Rick Kazman , Anthony Peruma

Mobile apps provide various critical services, such as banking, communication, and healthcare. To this end, they have access to our personal information and have the ability to perform actions on our behalf. Hence, securing mobile apps is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Joydeep Mitra , Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath , Torben Amtoft , Mike Higgins