Verena Winterhalter, Anouk Moreno, and Sarah Prange, LMU Munich, Germany; Harel Berger, Ariel University, Israel; Florian Alt, LMU Munich, Germany; University of the Bundeswehr, Germany
We present PermWatch, a field-ready research tool for studying users’ awareness, perception, and control of Android permissions. Designed for in-the-wild deployment, PermWatch supports fine-grained logging of app permission states and user-driven permission changes. The tool enables in-situ experience sampling to enhance automated data logging with user feedback. PermWatch was successfully deployed in a previous SOUPS study (N=132) [16], where it revealed low user awareness of current permission states and identified opportune moments for permission control. This poster presents the implementation and data collection methods of PermWatch, early insights, and opportunities for future research. We invite feedback from the community on expanding the tool’s capabilities and welcome collaboration for future deployments.
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