Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Fertility app Glow warns users of security loophole

Glow, a fertility-tracking app founded by a well-known Silicon Valley technologist, warned users today of a privacy loophole that may expose personal data. The company said its "connect a partner" feature, which lets the app user give access to a partner, might have made some of the shared data accessible to third parties.

Glow described it as a "low risk" of data exposure, potentially impacting less than 0.15 percent of the app's four million users. In a statement to The Verge, the company said that there is no evidence suggesting their data has been compromised.

They've issued a fix to the loophole in the app, which was in the email verification process, and is urging all users to change their passwords and update their apps.

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