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I want to make a data science workshop. I know that some apps in smartphones in general have the ability to get tracking data, for ad, tracking and surveillance purposes.

I want to make people more conscious of this, by letting the user get this data and work with it him/herself.

Are there any more direct ways for accessing data of sensors in a given android phone (in a transparent, non-invasive way), export it to a file in the phone so that it is possible to be read by a script for data science purposes?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Apps don't tell you what data they collect. The easiest way to demonstrate tracking would be to display the network data using a proxy (e.g. mitmproxy) and highlight the user data stored on the phone. But as such data is usually transmitted via HTTPS you would need a modified app to allow the installed proxy user certificate or a roote device which allows to install user certificates as system certificates. Commented Aug 4, 2023 at 13:06
  • I don't know if I specified incorrectly, but I don't want to monitor apps specifically, but get sensor data in the same fashion as some apps to show what can be tracked, not what is tracked. Commented Aug 4, 2023 at 14:26
  • I think you are mixing up user location tracking with app/ad tracking. The first bases on sensor data, the latter on user interactions and user data present on the device. Commented Aug 4, 2023 at 14:31
  • For this workshow I would like to collect general sensor data (location, compass, accelerometer, etc) and put it in a CSV basically. Commented Aug 4, 2023 at 14:56
  • It sounds to me that the intention is the opposite of what is stated. Nevertheless the programming language you are using should those functions. Commented Aug 4, 2023 at 20:17

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