Security Evaluation Of Android Apps In Budget African Mobile Devices
The study examined 1,544 APKs collected from seven African smartphones. The analysis revealed that 145 applications (9%) disclose sensitive data, 249 (16%) expose critical components, and many present additional risks: 226 execute privileged or dangerous commands, 79 interact with SMS messages (read, send, or delete), and 33 perform silent installation operations
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.18800