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Website Aims to Publicly Shame Apps with Lax Security

posted by janrinok on Thursday August 21 2014, @12:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-go-stand-in-the-corner! dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The amount of personal data traveling to and from the Internet has exploded, yet many applications and services continue to put user information at risk by not encrypting data sent over wireless networks. Software engineer Tony Webster has a classic solution — shame.

Webster decided to see if a little public humiliation could convince companies to better secure their customers' information. On Saturday, the consultant created a website, HTTP Shaming ( http://httpshaming.tumblr.com/ ) , and began posting cases of insecure communications, calling out businesses that send their customers' personal information to the Internet without encrypting it first.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday August 21 2014, @01:07PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday August 21 2014, @01:07PM (#83913) Journal

    And ask listening-on-everyone-gov-agency, shady organizations, and spammers for the wired alternative :P

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  • (Score: 2) by present_arms on Thursday August 21 2014, @01:11PM

    by present_arms (4392) on Thursday August 21 2014, @01:11PM (#83916) Homepage Journal

    Sad but true.

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