TY - GEN
T1 - Dynamic cache cleaning on Android
AU - Finley, Sean
AU - Du, Xiaojiang
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Android developers cache data to improve the performance of their applications. Caching is the technique of transparently storing data such that future requests can be accessed more quickly. At times when a mobile device is not under heavy use the cached data, including sensitive data, can remain on the device for an extensive period of time. This poses a security risk, especially when developers do not take the necessary security measures to protect their users' sensitive information. While there does exist ways to clear application caches built within the Android operating system and third-party applications, these approaches require the user to manually perform these tasks. This paper presents a dynamic cache cleaner that more aggressively pushes out unused cache data. We also present other possible solutions to more effectively manage the cache.
AB - Android developers cache data to improve the performance of their applications. Caching is the technique of transparently storing data such that future requests can be accessed more quickly. At times when a mobile device is not under heavy use the cached data, including sensitive data, can remain on the device for an extensive period of time. This poses a security risk, especially when developers do not take the necessary security measures to protect their users' sensitive information. While there does exist ways to clear application caches built within the Android operating system and third-party applications, these approaches require the user to manually perform these tasks. This paper presents a dynamic cache cleaner that more aggressively pushes out unused cache data. We also present other possible solutions to more effectively manage the cache.
KW - Android
KW - cache
KW - memory
KW - performance
KW - security
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U2 - 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655587
DO - 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655587
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891359997
SN - 9781467331227
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
SP - 6143
EP - 6147
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2013
Y2 - 9 June 2013 through 13 June 2013
ER -