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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahul Deshpande, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ameya Sanzgiri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and media for determining application permissions are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a description of an application to be installed on a user device and a group of permissions required by the application; identifying a subset of words in the description of the application; determining an expected group of permissions based on the subset of words; comparing the group of permissions required by the application and the expected group of permissions; determining a privacy score associated with the application based on the comparison of the group of permissions required by the application and the expected group of permissions; and causing the application to be installed on the user device based on the privacy score associated with the application.