A popular gay hookup app has come under fire for sharing highly -
sensitive user details with third - party companies.
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The group claiming responsibility for the breach calls itself The Impact Team and says it is in possession of
details for some 37 million
user account, including credit card information, home addresses, and other
sensitive details.
Deian Stefan, lead PhD student on the project at Stanford, said: «What we've achieved in COWL is a system that lets web developers build feature - rich applications that combine data from different web sites without requiring that
users share their login
details directly with third - party web applications, all while ensuring that the
user's
sensitive data seen by such an application doesn't leave the browser.
Our
Sensitive Instrument Facility (SIF) opened its doors this past spring, and a growing number of
users are taking advantage of its state - of - the - art microscopy equipment to characterize materials in unprecedented
detail.
Facebook
users have fallen victim to a scam that installs software onto their computers to steal
sensitive information, including usernames, passwords and financial
details.
Sandler explained in a previous note that the
sensitive user information subject to GDPR rules that Facebook tracks is «personal data,» like names, email addresses, phone numbers, and bank
details.
The controversy has forced Facebook to demonstrate it can be trusted with its
users» most personal
details at a particularly
sensitive time.
Bringing in the Incognito mode is probably one of the most needed updates since most of the
users are usually a bit more concerned that the app might predict all their
sensitive details, especially in front of a third - person.