Systems and methods for protecting computing devices from imposter accessibility services

The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting computing devices from imposter accessibility services may include (1) registering a security application with the computing device as an accessibility service that has special permissions on the computing device that are not available to othe...

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Main Author Sundaram Ramakrishnan Meenakshi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.06.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting computing devices from imposter accessibility services may include (1) registering a security application with the computing device as an accessibility service that has special permissions on the computing device that are not available to other applications, (2) ensuring that the security application is the first registered accessibility service on the computing device, and (3) performing, by the security application, a security action after ensuring that the security application is the first registered accessibility service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514837383