SoniControl
SoniControl is a novel technology for the recognition and masking of acoustic tracking information. The technology helps end-users to protect their privacy. Technologies like Google Nearby and Silverpush build upon ultrasonic sounds to exchange information. More and more of our devices communicate via this inaudible communication channel. Every device with a microphone and a speaker is able to send and receive ultrasonic information. The user is usually not aware of this inaudible and hidden data transfer. To overcome this gap SoniControl detects ultrasonic activity, notifies the user and blocks the information on demand. Thereby, we want to raise the awareness for this novel technology.
Getting Started
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User documentation:
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Developer documentation:
The project was developed using Android Studio 3.
Prerequisites
In order to compile the project, you will need to download the Superpowered SDK, and link to it in the local.properties file (at the root of the Android Studio project)
Credits
- Audio by Superpowered
- Material Icons, which are under Apache License Version 2.0
Contributing
Please feel free to open Issues, submit Pull Requests, or just send us feedback at sonicontrol@fhstp.ac.at
Authors
See the list of contributors who participated in this project.
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License - see the LICENSE.md file for details