During the first three weeks after the launch of streaming service Quibi, email addresses belonging to an untold number of new users were leaked to third parties due to an issue in the sign-up process.
The error was discovered by researcher Zach Edwards of digital strategy company Victory Medium. According to Edwards, the problem occurred during the email verification process. Upon signing up, new users were asked to click a verification link sent to their email account; upon clicking the link, users were redirected to a web page with a URL that included the user’s email address. Edwards provided multiple screenshots demonstrating the problem.
Edwards reported that as a result, user email addresses were shared without permission to at least 12 different recipients, including a site called CivicComputing.com belonging to a U.K. company, and analytics for Facebook, Google and Twitter.
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The error was discovered by researcher Zach Edwards of digital strategy company Victory Medium. According to Edwards, the problem occurred during the email verification process. Upon signing up, new users were asked to click a verification link sent to their email account; upon clicking the link, users were redirected to a web page with a URL that included the user’s email address. Edwards provided multiple screenshots demonstrating the problem.
Edwards reported that as a result, user email addresses were shared without permission to at least 12 different recipients, including a site called CivicComputing.com belonging to a U.K. company, and analytics for Facebook, Google and Twitter.
Also Read: Quibi Leaps to 2.7 Million Downloads in...
- 4/30/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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