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posted by janrinok on Friday December 08 2017, @09:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-your-data-are-belong-to-us dept.

Although I have two Android phones, I occasionally get flack because I don't use them as phones, nor for email, nor anything I prefer to keep private, and here's a great example of why:

Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app's developer failed to secure the database's server.

The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the world.

But the server wasn't protected with a password, allowing anyone to access the company's database of user records, totaling more than 577 gigabytes of sensitive data.

The database appears to only contain records on the app's Android users.

Additional coverage on ZDNet and RT


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @10:41AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @10:41AM (#607149)

    Soylent News feature request: If the number of opening and closing tags in a comment does not agree, display a prominent warning near the submit button.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday December 08 2017, @12:52PM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday December 08 2017, @12:52PM (#607166) Homepage
    Which would piss off *everyone* who types stuff like:

    <p>Blah, blah, The Fighty Buzzsaw spammed my submission with unfair moderation

    <p>Blah, blah, Feminists born feminists ate jmorris' hamster

    <p>Blah, blah, nuclear weapons

    Clue: There's a "Preview" button for a reason. There's also "Post as Extrans" which make the question of tags irrelevant.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @01:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @01:45PM (#607176)

      If you are easily pissed of by a simple warning, I'd say you've got serious issues.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @02:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @02:18PM (#607187)

      Perhaps make such warning optional for logged in users then. ;)

    • (Score: 2) by chromas on Friday December 08 2017, @03:12PM

      by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 08 2017, @03:12PM (#607208) Journal

      Teach users not to tag-rape. If you're not gonna balance your <p>s, stick a slash in 'em.