The Data Interception Environment (DIE) is a tool that you can use to analyse how your data is being used by app developers and third parties. It allows you to see how apps are sending your data from your device back to the company or to third parties.
We’ve used the DIE to research everything from low cost phones, to menstruation apps, and now we’re making it available so that you can do your own research on how your devices use your data.
You can download the DIE on our GitHub where you can also find documentation for how to use it. Below you can also find a video how to, which goes through how to set up the DIE and how to get started analysing apps, and a written how to.
PI has made this tool available to assist individuals, researchers and organisations in developing a technical understanding of how their own data is being captured, processed and transferred by applications to 3rd parties. It should only be used to analyse data on a device, virtual copy of a device, or an app, which the user owns or is legally authorised to use.
PI is a charity registered in England and Wales. We have developed our Data Interception Environment tool in accordance with the laws, regulations and standards that apply to us in England and Wales. Any individual, researcher or organisation who makes use of of PI’s Data Interception Environemnt is responsible for ensuring that they are acting lawfully and in accordance with the laws, regulations and standards which apply to them in the jurisdiction they are operating in or to which they are subject.
Watch Part 1 of our videos on How to use the Data Interception Environment (DIE). It goes through downloading the DIE from PI's GitHub, setting up a virtual phone, and changing network settings to allow data to be intercepted.
Watch Part 2 of our videos on How to use the DIE. It goes through
