Android Green Alliance Security Standard 1.0 to 2.0 to make user privacy more secure

China Internet Development Report 2018, published by the Chinese Internet Association recently, shows that by the end of 2017, the number of mobile phone users in China reached 753 million people. In 2017, mobile internet people accounted for more than 95.1% of the 2016 increase to 97.5%, mobile phone has become the most important mobile internet equipment.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the continuous popularization of mobile smart devices, the risk of various vulnerabilities is increasing, and the subsequent user privacy breaches are also breaking out, which is a wake-up call for the security management of mobile Internet. At the same time with the increase of mobile Terminal system code, various types of mobile phone applications, the number of loopholes and attack surface also increased, making the authority of intelligent Terminal application software more and more attention by users.

In order to protect the personal privacy of mobile end users, strengthen and standardize the rights management of the intelligent Terminal application software, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the end users, safeguard the security of the network and information privacy, promote the healthy and stable development of the domestic Android ecosystem, the experts of "Safety standard technology Group" of Android Green Alliance Android Green Alliance application Experience Standard (security), based on the application of code of conduct, manifest and access to security norms, privacy security and other content has been updated.

Behavior more Standardized

"If there is no need to use the scene, the application can not be on the desktop, lock screen and other applications, pop-up window, custom background toast, background popup activity and other harassment of the user behavior"

"App cannot guide user to open developer option, disable booting user to switch USB debug mode"

The latest revised " Android Green Alliance application Experience Standard 2.0" (security) in the "Basic security standards" in the application of the code of Conduct has been revised, whether it is the system of the suspension box pop-up, or background toast, activity and other calls, Or a more advanced system such as USB mode, such as the opening of the user experience of the harassment of the behavior is given a clear prohibition, which means that future application interaction will be more standardized, the user's personal data will be more secure.

User-led

"The third party application software should obtain the user's explicit consent when it operates on user data"

"When third-party applications call mobile Smart terminal sensitive functions, they should first obtain the user's explicit consent"

As can be seen from the newly revised Android Green Alliance app Experience Standard 2.0 (security), there is a significant amount of privacy protection in the user's personal data, and mobile apps, before they gain access to personal data and collect permissions, Must obtain the mobile phone user's consent, the user to the mobile phone application open personal data scope, will take the user choice instead of the application demand as the basis, the mobile application privilege open management will take the user demand as the leading, this necessarily is the user personal data the great respect and the protection.

More stringent standards

"Permission to apply for applications must have clear, reasonable functionality and usage scenarios"

The latest launch of Android Green Alliance app Experience Standard 2.0 (security) from Android Green Alliance shows whether the increase in the content of the code of conduct in the underlying security standards, or the development of security standards for manifest and the use of security norms specific usage scenarios of the explicit , or the privacy security of the user's personal data protection provisions of particular emphasis on the strict standards and high standards. This set of updated standards from the perspective of user privacy protection, to create a safe and reliable Android for the purpose, will promote the standardization of intelligent terminal application software permissions, the future developers will be in the higher security standards to develop more secure and reliable applications, end-user privacy security will be greatly protected.

In the 2017, the personal Internet application of our country keeps developing rapidly and the application scene is richer. Among them, the network News user scale reaches 647 million people, the netizen coverage is 83.8%; mobile social apps have become an essential tool in Chinese netizens ' phones, with nearly half of users using mobile social apps 3 times a day, and 80% of users using mobile social apps for more than 1 hours a day; China's network of about 435 million users, the total size of the growth rate of 19.2%.

As can be seen from the above data, the relationship between users and mobile terminals has become more and more close, various mobile applications continue to enrich people's life scene and change the way people live. And behind all this change, the access of personal data privacy is increasingly needed to be more stringent, more standardized and user-led application security standards to be bound, and all this, the Android Green Alliance "Security Standards Technology Group" experts to do, With their professional skills and rich experience, they are driving the development of China's Android ecosystem towards a safe and reliable direction, striving for the ultimate user experience.

Android Green Alliance Security Standard 1.0 to 2.0 to make user privacy more secure