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Test the security of your apps with Verify.ly:
SOURCE: techcrunch.com (ARTICLE DATE: 11th Aug 2016)
It’s not easy for the average user to determine whether or not the apps on his or her iPhone are trustworthy. Some apps scoop up contact lists, others unnecessarily harvest your location data, and some even send your login credentials over insecure HTTP connections..
Enter Verify.ly, a service that breaks down apps based on their security features — or lack thereof — in an effort to keep consumers informed about potential privacy risks. “Apps are essentially a ‘black box’ that users must trust with no way to know what it might do,” co-founder Will Strafach told TechCrunch in an email. He aims to change that by giving users access to information about how their apps function.
Verify.ly, which launched in public beta last week, offers detailed rundowns of the third party code libraries and software development kits used in an app, links to source code, and information about the app’s transport security enforcement settings and system APIs. For someone with a little bit of technical knowhow, it’s an information goldmine. But even if the world of SDKs and APIs is completely foreign to you, Verify.ly breaks down the important points so they’re easy to understand.
To read the full article please visit the link at the top of the page
SOURCE: techcrunch.com (ARTICLE DATE: 11th Aug 2016)
It’s not easy for the average user to determine whether or not the apps on his or her iPhone are trustworthy. Some apps scoop up contact lists, others unnecessarily harvest your location data, and some even send your login credentials over insecure HTTP connections..
Enter Verify.ly, a service that breaks down apps based on their security features — or lack thereof — in an effort to keep consumers informed about potential privacy risks. “Apps are essentially a ‘black box’ that users must trust with no way to know what it might do,” co-founder Will Strafach told TechCrunch in an email. He aims to change that by giving users access to information about how their apps function.
Verify.ly, which launched in public beta last week, offers detailed rundowns of the third party code libraries and software development kits used in an app, links to source code, and information about the app’s transport security enforcement settings and system APIs. For someone with a little bit of technical knowhow, it’s an information goldmine. But even if the world of SDKs and APIs is completely foreign to you, Verify.ly breaks down the important points so they’re easy to understand.
To read the full article please visit the link at the top of the page
