Student survey about how people check permissions before installing applications (takes 3 minutes!)

[GeorgiaT]

Hello everyone,

We are students from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and doing a research about the way people care about the permissions asked for while installing applications on Android.

The survey is for a course, and for a totally non-lucrative purpose It will take you less than 3 minutes to fill it.

You can find it here : https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHdRc0xpTTZxWHVIS05mYnVIVVpOT0E6MQ#gid=0

Thanks a lot to anyone who wants to help us by answering !

 

[Steven58]

I filled it more. Honestly, I check comments more than permissions. Think about it. It makes sense.

 

[*king*]

i completed one, and i read the long email description

 

[ScorpDX]

I filled it out. I always read all the permissions. I've found a few I questioned but honestly never not installed an app due to the permissions.

 

[quest7]

I filled it more. Honestly, I check comments more than permissions. Think about it. It makes sense.

I also read the comments, more than the permission part.

 

[Roze]

Did the survey

1)Read comments
2)Read permissions
3)If permissions VERY questionable then I'll check the website. If there's no answer on the website, then I'll email the Dev. I won't install until I hear back from the dev.

For the second part, you should include a comment section as to why people believe those permissions are needed for the app Like internet and GPS, for people that don't really know how developers earn money on free apps, they don't realize that the calculator app that ask for internet and GPS is for the ADs.

Anyways, the survey will be biased/skewed if you're only asking people on Android Forums like this one. People here are more savey and go the extra mile so that they download the optimal app for their phones. Like myself, I have gone through every single description of the manifest.permissions in the android.developer.com site to get a clear understanding of how the permissions work and what it does to my phone. I am pretty certain the 'average' Android users don't even know that.

Because this is an Android community with members using and recommending apps, I go here for ideas and feedbacks.

-Roze-

 

[joncape]

im the same. i only install apps that are well known, and that would have been veto'd if they were suspect.