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Spyware Company Leaves 'Terabytes' of Selfies, Text Messages, and Location Data (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the privacy-woes dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Spyfone, a company that sells surveillance software to parents and employers left 'terabytes of data' including photos, audio recordings, text messages and web history, exposed in a poorly-protected Amazon S3 bucket. News outlet Motherboard verified that the researcher could access anyone's data by creating a free account and installing the spyware on a test device. After a few hours, the researcher sent me back a picture I took.

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  1. Parents, I'd have one question to you by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why would you want someone who you don't know the least thing about spy on your kids? Because he shares his findings with you?

    Do you also hire some seedy looking hobo as a babysitter?

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  2. Re: Notification Disaster by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As someone who had ZERO privacy as a child, I can tell you with some certainty that this is the perfect way if you wanted to ensure your kids would not trust you with anything, even if you were the last person on earth or the only one who they'd know could solve a problem.

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.