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A bug in a popular iPhone app exposed thousands of call recordings

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports:

A security vulnerability in a popular iPhone call recording app exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations.

The flaw was discovered by Anand Prakash, a security researcher and founder of PingSafe AI, who found that the aptly named Call Recorder app allowed anyone to access the call recordings from other users — by knowing their phone number.

Read more on TechCrunch.


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