Israeli teen awarded with Facebook for finding whatsapp apps safety breach

referring to Israeli high schooler Yuval Sprintz from the northern moshav of Tzurit soon disclosed a safety breach in instant messaging application whatsapp apps and announced it to Facebook, that owns the common app. The social network then fixed the breach and awarded the teen a $1,250 prize. Yuval Sprintz was awarded $1,250 for notifying Facebook of a whatsapp apps safety breach"I played around with some functions and tried doing something cool with them," he said. What he ended up finding, however, was a safety breach allowing to add "fake" smartphone numbers to a whatsapp apps group that do not represent any real accounts. The programme allows independent data safety experts to report safety breaches to Facebook for a monetary reward.


Ultimatum issued to whatsapp apps to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook

Whatsapp has been issued an ultimatum to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook. Photo: Thomas White/ReutersThe CNIL, France's information prevention authority, ordered whatsapp apps to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook without getting the necessary permission. The combining of whatsapp apps information with Facebook was the premier step taken with Facebook final year to monetise the media platform since Facebook CEO check mark Zuckerberg bought the firm for $22 bn in 2014. The transfer of information from whatsapp apps to Facebook happen in fraction with the permission of the users, nor the legitimate interest of whatsapp apps told the CNIL. - BUSINESS REPORT ONLINEDURBAN - Facebook messaging service whatsapp apps was given a 1 30 days ultimatum with the CNIL.

Ultimatum issued to WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook

Security break news This Week: France Goes After whatsapp apps For Sharing information With Facebook

As it stated in The US this 7 days formally pinned this year's destructive WannaCry ransomware attack on North Korea, after the safety society had largely come to which same conclusion months ago. As always, we've rounded up all the break news we didn't break or cover in depth this week. When whatsapp apps reported which it would start sharing some consumer information with parent firm Facebook in 2016, several users saw it as as something of a betrayal, especially given how many people rely on whatsapp apps specifically for its privacy protections. The country's data-protection watchdog told this 7 days which it has to stop sharing which data. Until this week, the time you can ever extremely briefly install a knockoff version for Apple iOS which snuck its way into Apple's application Store.



Ultimatum issued to whatsapp apps to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook

Whatsapp has been issued an ultimatum to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook. Photo: Thomas White/ReutersThe CNIL, France's information prevention authority, ordered whatsapp apps to stop sharing consumer information with Facebook without getting the necessary permission. The combining of whatsapp apps information with Facebook was the premier step taken with Facebook final year to monetise the media platform since Facebook CEO check mark Zuckerberg bought the firm for $22 bn in 2014. The transfer of information from whatsapp apps to Facebook happen in fraction with the permission of the users, nor the legitimate interest of whatsapp apps told the CNIL. - BUSINESS REPORT ONLINEDURBAN - Facebook messaging service whatsapp apps was given a 1 30 days ultimatum with the CNIL.

Ultimatum issued to WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook

Security break news This Week: France Goes After whatsapp apps For Sharing information With Facebook

As it stated in The US this 7 days formally pinned this year's destructive WannaCry ransomware attack on North Korea, after the safety society had largely come to which same conclusion months ago. As always, we've rounded up all the break news we didn't break or cover in depth this week. When whatsapp apps reported which it would start sharing some consumer information with parent firm Facebook in 2016, several users saw it as as something of a betrayal, especially given how many people rely on whatsapp apps specifically for its privacy protections. The country's data-protection watchdog told this 7 days which it has to stop sharing which data. Until this week, the time you can ever extremely briefly install a knockoff version for Apple iOS which snuck its way into Apple's application Store.





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