The dangerous, decade-old FREAK vulnerability also affects Windows users

AP Windows users are also susceptible to a serious vulnerability affecting millions of Android and iPhone users, Ars Technica reports. It’s called “FREAK,” and puts users at risk of their confidential details stolen by hackers. FREAK stands for “factoring attacks on RSA-EXPORT keys,” and is a remnant of the debates over cryptography in the nineties. The US government at one point placed limits on the strength of encryption in software that could be exported from from America. This mean