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From arstechnica.com - October 23, 2012 10:02 AM
Researchers uncover faulty encryption in apps available in Google's Play Market.

 

Android applications downloaded by as many as 185 million users can expose end users' online banking and social networking credentials, e-mail and instant-messaging contents because the programs use inadequate encryption protections, computer scientists have found.

 

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