The Android Network Traces (ANT) project shows what kind of data is collected by different Android apps and where it is sent to. The website is based on the paper “Why are They Collecting my Data?” , also referred as “Mobipurpose” by the folks in CHIMPS lab. You can download the network traffic data here.

Number of apps
14,000+
Number of companies
3,000+
Number of domains
12,000+

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CHIMPS(Computer Human Interaction: Mobility Privacy Security) Lab is a research group in the Human Computer Interaction Institute, part of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

The lab is led by Jason Hong and focuses on research regarding ubiquitous computing, usable privacy and security. The group's work has been featured in CNN, The New York Times, BBC and more.


Team & Contributors

People who helped bring this research and website to life.

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Jason Hong

Professor

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Arshin Jain

Software Eng

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Anthony Teo

Software Eng

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Melody Wang

Research Assistant

Special thanks to

Everyone who previously helped out with the project.

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Junyi Zhang
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Eric Kim
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Haojian Jin
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Yuvraj Agarwal
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Yejun (Amy) Lu
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Weijia (Rosie) Sun
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Kayla Reiman
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Clair Sun
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Shan Wang
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JP Park
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Sean Kim
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Rishabh Bhandari