- Nothing Chats, a rival to apps like Beeper and AirMessage, advertised itself as a secure platform for sending messages to iMessage users.
- However, less than 24 hours after its launch, investigations into the app revealed that Nothing Chats logged every message in plain text and stored unencrypted data, including text messages, images, videos, and more, making it a significant privacy and security risk.
- The company removed the app from the Play Store following these complaints, citing “several bugs” that need fixing.
It’s hard to train people not to shoot themselves in the foot when their own bank is providing free ammo.
My bank sent me an email this year that literally said Take our security awareness quiz and win an iphone. Click here!
Then there was one time some lady has called, claiming she has an offer from my bank, but needs to verify MY identity first… After contacting the support, I was assured the call was legit. The lady is selling insurance on behalf of the bank. Her number was supposed to be on the list of the official partners, which it wasn’t. When I’ve asked about caller ID spoofing, they’ve assured me they take security seriously, and are working on a solution. Untill then, I shlould rely on the list…
All of that is still a progress though, because you’ll never gues what was the official way to top up my paypal account ~10 years back. Giving my full internet banking credentials to some shady payment gateway. I’ve never noped the fuck out of a website so fast…
I used PayPal in the early 2000’s and never had to provide banking credentials to move money in or out.
Some banks in my country had a direct integration with paypal for making instant transfers, some have used sketchy 3rd party payment gateways. You could’ve just linked a credit card, but I had zero trust in online card payments at the time. That’s why the idea of paypal wallet with limited balance was appealing to me in the first place.