Magic Kinder Android App Lets Strangers Send Images, Videos To Your Kids (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The scenario which all parents hate seems to have materialized in the form of an Android app [called Magic Kinder] that lets strangers send texts, images, and videos to kids. All of this is facilitated by a simple app design and lack of encryption, which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP requests and send any content they like to any of the app's users. Currently, because the app developer did not respond, the issues are still present in the app. Fortunately, the app hasn't been installed on more than 11,000 devices.

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Strangers and kids, you say...

[rmdingler]

The scenario which all parents hate seems to have materialized in the form of an Android app [called Magic Kinder] that lets strangers send texts, images, and videos to kids.

I understand the Facebook lawyers have filed for relief for prior art.

Uh, right.

[msauve]

"the app hasn't been installed on more than 11,000 devices."

Which implies that this Android app has been installed on about 1.1 billion devices.

11,000 reviews, NOT installs !

[Anonymous Coward]

Bullshit.
  Read the fucking page on the Google PlayStore.
  It's 10,800 REVIEWS fuckwit.
  The number of installs is "500,000 to 1,000,000"

Where is the panick button?

[houghi]

The scenario which all parents hate seems to have materialized in the form of a program [called email] that lets strangers send texts, images, and videos to kids.

FTFY

Oh my god! The world will end.