SSL in Mobile Apps?
How do users know if mobile app communications are secure? Consumers are using mobile applications more and more these days; Shopping, Banking, Blogging etc. The public have been informed about general security best practice for some time now, one of the simple and most common pieces of advice has been "check for the padlock". This has been trying to make people aware of encryption when doing internet based transactions which require/desire privacy. OK, so most people still don't know what they are looking for, if people even care to check, they will look for 'https' and check that the padlock or address bar are green. Some may go as far as checking the certificate details. Assuming that this is becoming a normal check performed by users to provide some self assurance that whatever they are doing is encrypted, how are users meant to be doing this for mobile apps? Smart phone apps which are created with some sort of online functionality; banking apps,