Tools

A description of the tools utilized in this research is provided below:

Tool Name	Purpose
M-Perm	This tool is utilized to discover under and over-privileges within an apps permission structure More Information
P-Lint	This tool is utilized to detect Android specific bad permission-based practices (i.e. permission smells) in an app More Information
oSARA	This tool is utilized to bulk clone project repositories and extract an apps permission-related details from the repository More Information