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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @08:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2015, @08:05AM (#199325)

    Software is not rebar in concrete. People that try to compare the two really don't know WTF they are talking about

    avionics software is heavily regulated, so regulation is at least possible

    if consumer software is regulated in any kind of similar fashion, prices will soar and you can kiss FOSS goodbye

    so while it may be possible to regulate software, that doesn't make it a good idea

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