Can Smartphones and Privacy Coexist? Assessing Technologies and Regulations Protecting Personal Data on Android and iOS Devices

As smartphones become more ubiquitous around the globe, policymakers inevitably have to grapple with issues related to the security and privacy of these devices. This report assesses smartphone users' privacy from technical and regulatory perspectives. It describes a literature review, experiments on the two major smartphone platforms (Google's Android and Apple's iOS), and federal regulation for protecting privacy in the United States.