22nd February 2016
A misconfigured database from a child tracking & monitoring firm exposed over 6.8 million private child text messages, 1.8 million images (many depicting children), and over 1700 in-depth child profiles.
uKnowKids monitoring software advertises that it “Makes Parenting Easier, and Keeps Kids Safe Online and on the Mobile Phone.” On its web site, it claims that it has helped parents protect more than 260,000 kids in more than 50 countries around the world.
As part of deploying uKnowKids, parents are required to set up a profile for each child that starts with their name and date of birth. But that’s just the beginning.
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