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posted by janrinok on Monday May 21 2018, @06:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the designed-to-keep-them-safe dept.

ZDNet reports

A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords [...] At least one server used by an app for parents to monitor their teenagers' phone activity has leaked tens of thousands of accounts of both parents and children.

[...] the Los Angeles, Calif.-based company left its servers, hosted on Amazon's cloud, unprotected and accessible by anyone without a password.

[...] The database stores the parent's email address associated with TeenSafe, as well as their corresponding child's Apple ID email address. It also includes the child's device name -- which is often just their name -- and their device's unique identifier. The data contains the plaintext passwords for the child's Apple ID. Because the app requires that two-factor authentication is turned off, a malicious actor viewing this data only needs to use the credentials to break into the child's account to access their personal content data.

"Technology has brought with it a world your child might not be ready for," the company tells us in a video. "Begin a free trial today!"

TeenSafe home page (archives and more archives)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @12:56AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @12:56AM (#682479)

    I am pretty surprised that this service was able to convince users to hand over the passwords to their kids' iTunes accounts in the first place.

    I'm a parent using an app to spy on my kid. Obviously I'm not thinking clearly so why would I question giving away my kid's password?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @01:48AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @01:48AM (#682492)
    Some parents are afraid of their child starting drugs. What is some stupid rule compared to that?
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @09:15AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @09:15AM (#682576)

      If you're afraid that your child may start using drugs then you need more hands-on parenting. Monitoring their cell phone use is not going to prevent them from trying or using drugs.