Deep learning-based software engineering: progress, challenges, and opportunities

X Chen, X Hu, Y Huang, H Jiang, W Ji, Y Jiang… - Science China …, 2025 - Springer
Researchers have recently achieved significant advances in deep learning techniques,
which in turn has substantially advanced other research disciplines, such as natural …

Polisis: Automated analysis and presentation of privacy policies using deep learning

H Harkous, K Fawaz, R Lebret, F Schaub… - 27th USENIX Security …, 2018 - usenix.org
Privacy policies are the primary channel through which companies inform users about their
data collection and sharing practices. These policies are often long and difficult to …

Mobile app privacy in software engineering research: A systematic map** study

F Ebrahimi, M Tushev, A Mahmoud - Information and Software Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context: Mobile applications (apps) have become deeply personal, constantly demanding
access to privacy-sensitive information in exchange for more personalized user …

50 ways to leak your data: An exploration of apps' circumvention of the android permissions system

J Reardon, Á Feal, P Wijesekera, AEB On… - 28th USENIX security …, 2019 - usenix.org
Modern smartphone platforms implement permission-based models to protect access to
sensitive data and system resources. However, apps can circumvent the permission model …

{SmartAuth}:{User-Centered} authorization for the internet of things

Y Tian, N Zhang, YH Lin, XF Wang, B Ur… - 26th USENIX Security …, 2017 - usenix.org
Internet of Things (IoT) platforms often require users to grant permissions to third-party apps,
such as the ability to control a lock. Unfortunately, because few users act based upon, or …

“Won't somebody think of the children?” examining COPPA compliance at scale

I Reyes, P Wijesekera, J Reardon… - The 18th Privacy …, 2018 - dspace.networks.imdea.org
We present a scalable dynamic analysis frame-work that allows for the automatic evaluation
of the privacy behaviors of Android apps. We use our system to analyze mobile apps' …

Maps: Scaling privacy compliance analysis to a million apps

S Zimmeck, P Story, D Smullen… - Proceedings on …, 2019 - petsymposium.org
The app economy is largely reliant on data collection as its primary revenue model. To
comply with legal requirements, app developers are often obligated to notify users of their …

Are iphones really better for privacy? comparative study of ios and android apps

K Kollnig, A Shuba, R Binns, M Van Kleek… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
While many studies have looked at privacy properties of the Android and Google Play app
ecosystem, comparatively much less is known about iOS and the Apple App Store, the most …

{PolicyLint}: investigating internal privacy policy contradictions on google play

B Andow, SY Mahmud, W Wang, J Whitaker… - 28th USENIX security …, 2019 - usenix.org
Privacy policies are the primary mechanism by which companies inform users about data
collection and sharing practices. To help users better understand these long and complex …

Deeprefiner: Multi-layer android malware detection system applying deep neural networks

K Xu, Y Li, RH Deng, K Chen - 2018 IEEE European …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As malicious behaviors vary significantly across mobile malware, it is challenging to detect
malware both efficiently and effectively. Also due to the continuous evolution of malicious …