SSL certificates and "the most dangerous code in the world"

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Many programs that use encryption are not secure, according to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University. The researchers found that a number of e-commerce web applications, well-known instant messaging clients such as Trillian and AIM, and a long list of cloud services use ineffective encryption. They say that the libraries used for encryption are the main culprit.

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