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HTTPS Defects in Dozens of Android Apps Expose User Passwords

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

darkfeline writes:

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: 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?

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