While both SSL and TLS are by themselves secure, the security they offer can be undermined when they are poorly implemented by app developers.

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The flaws are all related to the way apps handle SSL and TLS protocols, both of which are used to handle encryption between websites and end users.

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The tool currently only obscures SSL and TLS as the SOCKS protocol used by proxy servers, but in the future, he hopes it will be able to impersonate any sort of traffic, including HTTP or instant messages.

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The other telecom operators that currently own Infonet, including Swisscom (nyse: SCM - news - people ), the Netherlands' KPN (nyse: KPN - news - people ) and Australia's Telstra (nyse: TLS - news - people ), apparently "see little strategic benefit in retaining their stakes in this business at the current market price, " the analysts note.

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