As the data collection app for the Smartphone Usage Study, AwareMind will collect three types of data: responses to the brief in-app surveys, input interaction, and app usage history.
AwareMind will not collect any personally identifiable information.
The in-app surveys contain two questions that could be answered on a 0-10 Likert scale.
Below is an example of the data of a response to the brief in-app surveys:
Answer to the Question: 4,
Delay since unlock in millisecond: 7000,
Timestamp of the survey appearing: 2024-01-29 13:18:42.329,
Timestamp of the survey submitted: 2024-01-29 13:18:43.712.
Dismissed surveys will also be recorded as:
Dismissal type: auto or manual,
Delay since unlock in millisecond: 7000,
Timestamp of the survey appearing: 2024-01-29 13:18:42.329,
Timestamp of the survey dismissed: 2024-01-29 13:18:43.712.
AwareMind records users’ input interaction, including three types of interaction: taps, scrolls, and text edits. This function uses the AccessibilityService API.
For each interaction, AwareMind will record the interaction type and the timestamp. For scrolls, it will record the distance of the scroll, both horizontally and vertically. For text edits, it will not record the content of input, but only the number of characters typed by the user.
Below are examples of each type of interaction.
Interaction type: tap,
Timestamp: 2024-01-29 20:59:10.524.
Interaction type: scroll,
Timestamp: 2024-01-29 20:59:15.745,
Horizontal distance: 407,
Vertical distance: 0.
Interaction type: text edit,
Timestamp: 2024-01-29 20:59:48.329,
Number of characters typed: 6.
For example, if you type "hello!", we will see you have typed six characters but won't know what the six characters are.
AwareMind also accesses App usage history. It will record the app package name, class name, starting time, and ending time of each usage.
Below is an example of app usage.
Package: com.google.android.calendar,
Class: com.google.android.calendar.AllInOneCalendarActivity,
Starting time: 2024-02-01 13:49:54.509
Ending time: 2024-02-01 13:49:56.281
We won't know what you did in each app.