Android apps used by millions vulnerable to password, e-mail theft

Researchers uncover faulty encryption in apps available in Google's Play Market, reports arstechnica.

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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