Heinrich, Alexander ; Bittner, Niklas ; Hollick, Matthias (2022)
AirGuard - Protecting Android Users from Stalking Attacks by Apple Find My Devices.
15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks. San Antonio, USA (16.05.2022-19.05.2022)
doi: 10.1145/3507657.3528546
Conference or Workshop Item, Bibliographie
Abstract
Finder networks in general, and Apple's Find My network in particular, can pose a grave threat to users' privacy and even health if these networks are abused for stalking. Apple's release of the AirTag-a very affordable tracker covered by the nearly ubiquitous Find My network-amplified this issue. While Apple provides a stalking detection feature within its ecosystem, billions of Android users are still left in the dark. Apple recently released the Android app "Tracker Detect," which does not deliver a convincing feature set for stalking protection. We reverse engineer Apple's tracking protection in iOS and discuss its features regarding stalking detection. We design "AirGuard" and release it as an Android app to protect against abuse by Apple tracking devices. We compare the performance of our solution with the Apple-provided one in iOS and study the use of AirGuard in the wild over multiple weeks using data contributed by tens of thousands of active users.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2022 |
| Creators: | Heinrich, Alexander ; Bittner, Niklas ; Hollick, Matthias |
| Type of entry: | Bibliographie |
| Title: | AirGuard - Protecting Android Users from Stalking Attacks by Apple Find My Devices |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 16 May 2022 |
| Publisher: | ACM |
| Book Title: | WiSec '22: Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks |
| Event Title: | 15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks |
| Event Location: | San Antonio, USA |
| Event Dates: | 16.05.2022-19.05.2022 |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3507657.3528546 |
| Abstract: | Finder networks in general, and Apple's Find My network in particular, can pose a grave threat to users' privacy and even health if these networks are abused for stalking. Apple's release of the AirTag-a very affordable tracker covered by the nearly ubiquitous Find My network-amplified this issue. While Apple provides a stalking detection feature within its ecosystem, billions of Android users are still left in the dark. Apple recently released the Android app "Tracker Detect," which does not deliver a convincing feature set for stalking protection. We reverse engineer Apple's tracking protection in iOS and discuss its features regarding stalking detection. We design "AirGuard" and release it as an Android app to protect against abuse by Apple tracking devices. We compare the performance of our solution with the Apple-provided one in iOS and study the use of AirGuard in the wild over multiple weeks using data contributed by tens of thousands of active users. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ATHENE, privacy, stalking, find my, location tracking, airtag, bluetooth, reverse engineering |
| Divisions: | 20 Department of Computer Science 20 Department of Computer Science > Sichere Mobile Netze Profile Areas Profile Areas > Cybersecurity (CYSEC) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2022 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2022 14:49 |
| PPN: | 501651683 |
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