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Friday, January 11, 2013
From the recent reports Nokia company confirm that its Xpress Browser used on the company’s Asha and Lumia smartphones temporarily decrypts the HTTPS traffic as it passes through Nokia servers.
The major problem is that even data sent from banking, encrypted e-mail are decrypting. But the company give a response that there is nothing to worry about that it would never access the customer’s data.
The researcher, Gaurang Pandya, wrote that it was evident Nokia was performing a man in the middle attack. The researcher claims that Nokia would have access to clear text information that could include login information for social networks, banking, and anything else transmitted by HTTPS. The researcher also noted that decrypting the information also goes against Nokia’s privacy statement that says it doesn’t collect usernames or passwords during purchase transactions. For its part, Nokia says that it doesn’t store any of the information that passes through its servers.
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The researcher, Gaurang Pandya, wrote that it was evident Nokia was performing a man in the middle attack. The researcher claims that Nokia would have access to clear text information that could include login information for social networks, banking, and anything else transmitted by HTTPS. The researcher also noted that decrypting the information also goes against Nokia’s privacy statement that says it doesn’t collect usernames or passwords during purchase transactions. For its part, Nokia says that it doesn’t store any of the information that passes through its servers.
You can share your worries with us using our command section.