A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data

guest · Mar 23, 2019

A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data
March 23, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/23/family-tracking-location-leak/

A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password.

The app, Family Locator, built by Australia-based software house React Apps, allows families to track each other in real-time, such as spouses or parents wanting to know where their children are. It also lets users set up geofenced alerts to send a notification when a family member enters or leaves a certain location, such as school or work.

But the backend MongoDB database was left unprotected and accessible by anyone who knew where to look.
None of the data was encrypted.
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