On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Jon Callas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Others have said pretty much the same in this thread; this isn't an MITM 
> attack, it's a proxy browsing service.
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> There are a number of "optimized" browsers around. Opera Mini/Mobile, Amazon 
> Silk for the Kindle Fire, and likely others. Lots of old "WAP" proxies did 
> pretty much the same thing. The Nokia one is essentially Opera.
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It's funny you bring up WAP. My secure coding guide also has a bullet:

Ensure the application is not using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP
1.x). The protocol specifies a WAP Proxy, which is the Man in the
Middle (MitM). WAP 2.x has its own set of problems.

Jeff
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