Method for protecting privacy information and mobile terminal

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for protecting privacy information, including: a mobile terminal generating a privacy information security control policy according to a preset privacy information security control policy configuration file; when detecting that an application software uses a function involving personal privacy information defined in the privacy information security control policy, the mobile terminal controlling the right of the function involving personal privacy information used by the application software according to a right to use control policy of the function used in the privacy information security control policy. Also at the same time disclosed is a mobile terminal. The present invention can be applied to control the right of the invoke function involving user personal privacy information and thus protect the personal privacy information about the mobile terminal user.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the authority control technology in a mobile terminal, in particular to a method for protecting private information and a mobile terminal. Background technique [0002] Mobile terminals such as mobile phones have entered the era of intelligence, and various application software can be installed and run on mobile phones to improve the convenience of mobile phone users. [0003] At present, among the application software installed and running on mobile phones, there are more and more malicious application software implanted to maliciously steal user privacy information. These malicious applications run in the background covertly, and obtain private information of mobile phone users, such as text messages, contacts, call records, etc., without the user being aware of it; these malicious applications can run in the background and automatically obtain the user's private information information, and send the user's private informati...

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Problems solved by technology

These malicious applications run in the background covertly, and obtain private information of mobile phone users, such as text messages, contacts, call records, etc., without the user being aware of it; these malicious applications can run in the background and automatically obtain the user's private information information, and send the user's private information to an illegal provider (SP, Service Provider), so that the privacy of the mobile phone user will be leaked

[0004] It can be seen that due to the current lack of control over the function authority of the malicious application software in the mobile phone that involves the user's private information, the user has leaked personal privacy information without noticing it.

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