Android Security Update September 2017

We look at the best antivirus apps available right now: what is the best security app for mobile? To make sure your app isn't exposed to potential vulnerabilities in SSL, use the updatable security Provider object as described in Updating Your Security Provider to Protect Against SSL Exploits If your application must render content from the open web, consider providing your own renderer so you can keep it up to date with the latest security patches.

Peter's work at EFF has included privacy and security projects such as the Let's Encrypt CA, Panopticlick, HTTPS Everywhere, SSDI, and the SSL Observatory; helping to launch a movement for open wireless networks; fighting to keep modern computing platforms open; and running the first controlled tests to confirm that Comcast was using forged reset packets to interfere with P2P protocols.

These app aspects cover content quality (for health education and reference apps), usability issues (including ‘cognitive accessibility' and associated consumers' general and health literacy issues), device connectivity standards, as well as a number of other issues that are fully covered in Happtique Health App Certification Standards 116 , 117 , such as app security and user privacy.

Silent Circle apparently subscribes to the school of thought that says biometrics are bad for security, as they've chosen not to include a fingerprint scanner on their Blackphone 2. This means that you won't be able to log into your LastPass account with your fingerprint, though, as an Android device, the Blackphone has the ability to auto-populate LastPass passwords into text fields and apps, so it's still a fairly easy process.

Although Android is by far the most popular operating system, Google has long been dealing with an issue known as fragmentation.” The company introduces a new version of Android every year, but few people are able to run the new hardware unless they buy a new handset or are among the lucky few who get software updates from their existing smartphone maker.