Apple finally fixes unencrypted App Store login

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Submission + - Apple finally fixes unencrypted App Store login

Submitted by Deekin_Scalesinger on Saturday March 09, 2013 @12:35AM

Deekin_Scalesinger writes: More than eighteen months after being first brought to Cupertino's attention, Apple gets around to addressing
insecure logins to the App Store. In theory, this could be used to view lists of installed apps and make unauthorized purchases.

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