User experience with secure MIDP connections

Question

Since MIDP 2.0 allows for secure SSL connections to a host, I was wondering whether there is a way to show the user that a secure connection is being used. In other words, what is the MIDP equivalent of the closed padlock that we're used to in a browser when we use https.
Is there any standard for this? Is it all up to the device manufacturer? Do any of them show the user this type of information?
Sander Smith

Answer 1

So you think that if you had some padlock or anything else on the phone you would be 100% sure you are not communicating with a hacker? Beneath all this you are doing the same thing: using https for example; so if a third party would eavesdrop on this, no matter what you show, it will still be 'invisible' to you, to the application or to the bank (mostly).
I believe that if the client knows that by using this application he will be using a secure connection every time he sends or receives sensitive data, that would be enough; it is up to you to enforce a powerful encryption.
Now, if you, for example, use the phone's browser to go to a secure web site, then you could see if indeed the phone shows some sign that it uses a secure connection.
Mihai