Koo denies leaking user data, clarifies about Chinese firm's investment

 

French security researcher Robert Baptiste, who goes as Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) on Twitter, has accused Indian microblogging platform Koo of leaking user data.

“You asked so I did it. I spent 30 min on this new Koo app. The app is leaking of the personal data of his users: email, dob (date of birth), name, marital status, gender, ...” Baptiste tweeted on late Wednesday night.

Baptiste, who has been in the news in the past as well for pointing out gaps in other apps as well, also posted screenshots to back his claim.

He also posted a screenshot suggesting the microblogging platform that offers a Twitter-like experience in Indian languages had Chinese connections.

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Following the allegations, Koo App co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna on Thursday tweeted: “Some news about data leaking being spoken about unnecessarily. Please read this: The data visible is something that the user has voluntarily shown on their profile of Koo. It cannot be termed a data leak. If you visit a user profile you can see it anyway.”

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