Security consultant: Hacked the EU's new age app – in two minutes

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• Friday at 9:47 AM

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EU's new app to check age limits on the internet is "technically ready" and meets "the highest privacy standards in the world," the European Commission announced on Thursday. The same day, a security consultant criticized the app - claiming to have hacked it in less than two minutes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044723123287666921

 

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• Friday at 9:48 AM

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I'm fuming it's not John Kiriakou

 

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• Friday at 11:15 AM

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Outlaw said:

I'm fuming it's not John Kiriakou

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Seeing so much of his content on social recently. Probably triggered by Iran war.

Tbh I never heard of him prior to this, I did know about the whistle blower ( torture) but didn't know him by name/face.

 

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• Friday at 12:05 PM

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Hacking is not allowed on this forum. Expect ban hammer. BTB will come after ya with his tractors.

 

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• Yesterday at 1:56 PM

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Government solid work perfect example

 

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• Yesterday at 2:37 PM

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SMTasker said:

Government solid work perfect example

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Yeah, outsourcing to private sucky contractors I guess as most governments, so I guess it is a private firm in the end that sucks.

 

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• Yesterday at 5:57 PM

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Dopious said:

Yeah, outsourcing to private sucky contractors I guess as most governments, so I guess it is a private firm in the end that sucks.

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Yeah, some software house fucked that up

 

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• Yesterday at 10:32 PM

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Shows exactly how much the government cares about your security and privacy. Even if it was outsourced, it is still the responsibility of the government to check and ensure that the company is credible and knows what it is doing.