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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2015, @01:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2015, @01:24AM (#199683)

    Releasing software is free speech

    Source code should be covered as free speech, but I fail to see how compiled binaries would be.