EU Age Verification App Found Vulnerable to Security Breaches Despite 'Technically Ready' Claims
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Summary
Security researchers have identified significant vulnerabilities in the EU's newly launched age verification app, contradicting the European Commission's claims that it is 'technically ready.' Within hours of release, experts found the app stores sensitive user data unprotected on devices and can be bypassed in minutes using simple methods. The app, designed to verify users' ages for accessing online content, has raised serious privacy and security concerns among cybersecurity professionals who warn it could expose minors' personal information.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledCyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels' age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is 'technically ready.'
Within hours of the EU's app release, security consultant Paul Moore found it would store sensitive data on a user's phone and leave it unprotected.
Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.
Cyber and privacy experts immediately identified security flaws in the newly launched application.
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