title: Android App Login MS SQL
body: <p>I am trying to make an android app that requires a user to login against a MS SQL Database. </p>
  
  <p>Having read around the most popular way seems to be to use JSON to do this however I'm not sure how secure this would be (especially if there is no SSL being used).</p>
  
  <p>My question is what are the alternatives available and if JSON is the best/easiest way to achieve this how can I make it more secure? Is this also how big companies (such as dropbox etc) do this?</p>