A Survey on HTTPS Implementation by Android Apps: Issues and Countermeasures

As more and more sensitive data is transferred from mobile applications across unsecured channels, it seems imperative that transport layer encryption should be used in any non-trivial instance. Yet, research indicates that many Android developers do not use HTTPS or violate rules which protect user...

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Main Authors: Xuetao Wei, Michael Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Applied Computing and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210832716300722