Teen tracking app leaks ‘thousands’ of user passwords

Personal data of parents and children were stored in plain-text form on a ‘leaky server’

TeenSafe
TeenSafe allows parents to track their children’s location and monitor their text massages
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TeenSafe, an app that lets parents monitor the location of their children, has leaked the account and password details for “tens of thousands” of its users.

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