1. Project 1: Investigating the Value versus Cost of Privacy in the Internet of Things REU Student: Alex Mayle Graduate mentors: Sina Masnadi and Safa Bacanli Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Turgut and Dr. Wisniewski
Week 2 (May 30 – June 3, 2016)
This Week’s Goal: Determine if modifying the Android OS, in contrast to developing an app, is a viable option for the research project. To do this, I needed to find a way to “intercept” requests for sensitive data (locations,, , financial info, health stats, etc..) at the OS level
Accomplishments:
Downloaded & compiled the Android OS (Yes, that’s an accomplishment)
Read 1 ½ papers on Value of Information
Continued learning about Java & the Android platform
Android’s Permission framework
Identified significant & promising portions of the Android source code

2. Project 1: Investigating the Value of Information versus Cost of Privacy in the Internet of Things REU Student: Alex Mayle Graduate mentors: Sina Masnadi and Safa Bacanli Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Turgut and Dr. Wisniewski
Issues/problems encountered and solutions (if any):
Finding the EXACT place in code to “intercept” requests for sensitive data is difficult
Tracing control flow from function to function is difficult considering the amount of virtual and asynchronous function calls
Plans for next week:
Need to find the exact place to insert code & start implementing
Determine what I’d like to implement at that point
Intercept every request and evaluate the Voi vs Privacy tradeoff
Let every request be passively accepted and study “perceived” vs “accurate” privacy loss of the user
Launch a “negotiation” dialog to allow the user to bargain between privacy loss and information received