Nearly a billion users of a dozen chat apps for Android including popular apps such as Instagram, Oovoo, OKCupid and Grindr could be at risk from eavesdroppers and snoopers after University of New Haven researchers found serious data leakage problems.
With many of the most popular chat apps on Android affected, tech news site CNET calculates thatnearly a billion (968 million) users could be putting highly private data in the hands of apps that transmit and store it unencrypted.
Chat apps leak: Billion app users from OKCupid to Grindr at risk
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