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Loopback, that is, connecting network communications to localhost ports, should not be used when handling sensitive data. The localhost ports are accessible by other applications on the device, so their use may result in sensitive data being revealed. Instead, a secure Android IPC mechanism should be used, such as the HttpsURLConnection class or the SSLSocket class.
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