Update Behavior in App Markets and Security Implications: A Case Study in Google Play
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In this position paper, we present MoCCha, a mobile campus application used not only as a subject of research, but as a research platform for a number of scientific disciplines. Following the approach of using an app that is available from a mobile application store, we want to study user behavior in the field with the aim for ecological validity that humansubject studies in lab environments are potentially missing.
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