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posted by LaminatorX on Monday June 22 2015, @02:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the opposite-day dept.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/game-over-https-defects-in-dozens-of-android-apps-expose-user-passwords/

Many Android apps in the Google App store do not properly use HTTPS for logins, thus exposing user passwords.


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  • (Score: 3, Disagree) by Snotnose on Monday June 22 2015, @02:37AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Monday June 22 2015, @02:37AM (#199263)

    In the beginning I realized surfing the web on my phone was more trouble than it was worth, quickly followed by realizing getting email on my phone seriously sucked ass. As a result there is no personal, nor confidential information on my phone. No credit card into, no account login info, not a password to be seen.

    I don't have a password on my lock screen. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry can pick my phone up and peruse it's contents all they want. I don't care, there isn't a damn thing on it that will compromise me if it gets into unknown hands.

    Want to snarf my contacts info? No problem, ask and I'll give it to you. Want to read my messages? Have fun, they're mainly "Lunch at TGIF @11:30 friday?" "Ya, sounds gr8". Slurp all the info off my SDC card? Hope you like my taste in music.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @03:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @03:49AM (#199278)

    900 number blocked? ... yeah
    ... hate to see that next phone bill

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @03:52AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @03:52AM (#199280)

      s/number/numbers

      • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday June 22 2015, @04:08AM

        by Snotnose (1623) on Monday June 22 2015, @04:08AM (#199285)

        I'm guessing if I can show my phone went missing about the time a bunch of 900 numbers were made on it, and I've never in my life ever called a 900 number, I can tell the phone company "fark you.

        Then again, it will cost me time, money, and effort. Point taken.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 22 2015, @04:17AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 22 2015, @04:17AM (#199286) Journal

    Same here. My workstation is locked down tight. Telephone? Not worth the effort. There simply is nothing on it worth the effort.

    Supposing that I actually wanted something on the phone that might be sensitive? I would have to change my entire attitude about the phone. Right now, it's a disposable little tool. I don't have to treat it like a credit card. If I lose it, if it's stolen, I've lost nothing more than the value of the phone, and however many days are left on my no-contract update. I don't buy days with a credit card, I buy a card for that, then throw the card away. Music? I copied that from the workstation. Apps? I don't do apps. There is simply NOTHING on the phone which is valuable. It's a throwaway tool.

    Who in their right mind would attach articles of value to the tools in their shed?