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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
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday December 09 2017, @01:20AM
I knew a girl with one date of birth on her driver's license / passport and another in her birth certificate. My recollection of the circumstances is a bit fuzzy but it had something to do with time zones and getting born in a hospital across state/international border... It was a strange story but she got her collateral clearance through fast enough so apparently it wasn't unusual enough to raise any flags.
Btw, don't ask people's age in years. Beside being rude, you'd sometimes get off by one answers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning [wikipedia.org]
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