LinkedIn, Netflix, Foursquare and Square Apps Are An Identity Thief’s Dream Come True
Mobile apps for LinkedIn, Netflix, Foursquare and Square have been found to significantly lack in security precautions according to an evaluation conducted by ViaForensics. The evaluation revealed that apps for these services do not adequately store user passwords, which are kept by the apps without proper (rudimentary) encryption. This basic flaw in the apps has put the users of these apps at a risk of financial or identity theft.
This is bad at a profound level, since storing data in plain text format is considered to be a grave violation of data security.
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