Systems and methods for utilizing user identity notifications to protect against potential privacy attacks on mobile devices
US11812272B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for utilizing user identity notifications to protect against potential privacy attacks on mobile devices may include (i) monitoring a mobile computing device to detect one or more user interactions by a current user, (ii) identifying the current user of the mobile computing device, (iii) determining that the current user is a potentially malicious user associated with one or more privacy-invasive applications installed on the mobile computing device, and (iv) performing a security action that protects a benign user of the mobile computing device against an attack initiated by the potentially malicious user associated with the privacy-invasive applications. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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