Table 5.
A summarized table of positive results regarding backends of Android and iOS apps. One observation of a positive characteristic makes the functional or other category count for the app.
| Positive findings | Android (functional), n=30 | iOS (functional), n=30 | Android (others), n=30 | iOS (others), n=30 | Total (functional), n=60, n (%) | Total (others), n=60, n (%) |
| TLSa 1.3 support observed | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 (15) | 38 (63) |
| HSTSb support observed | 12 | 15 | 28 | 25 | 27 (45) | 53 (88) |
aTLS: Transport Layer Security.
bHSTS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Strict Transport Security.