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Abuse of mobile network connection

Abuse of mobile network connection

Description

The download manager is a system service that handles long-running HTTP downloads. The application should not force using only the mobile network connection

Recommendation

The application should allow the users to use either the Wi-Fi or a mobile network connection. A common strategy for apps is to only fetch large data if a Wi-Fi network is available.

Standards

  • OWASP_MASVS_L2:
    • MSTG_NETWORK_4
  • OWASP_MASVS_v2_1:
    • MASVS_NETWORK_2