21. Data Tracking

MIT 6.858 Computer Systems Security, Fall 2014
View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu/6-858F14
Instructor: James Mickens
In this lecture, Professor Mickens discusses the concept of taint tracking, looking at information flow analysis in the context of the Android platform.
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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[@parkerh9596]

Make me laugh how the first lecture has 100k + views. Then here we are.

[@abuzabudabila8177]

Only the strongest remain

[@alexleininger5524]

This lecture was very informative. Thank you.

[@sinistergate]

thanks

[@ronytesler]

I'm not sure if the purpose of TaintDroid is to protect users from malicious apps or help the developer to protect his users.

[@hj-core]

I think it's a good tool for auditing the behavior of untrusted applications as well as finding possible data leaks in a system.