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After Koo app gained over 3 million downloads in the last 24 hours as many Indians believe that they need an Made in India app, French security researcher, has come forward to let its users now that the application is not safe and is currently leaking a sensitive information of it’s users which includes E-mail ID, phone numbers & DOB.
Robert Baptiste, known for highlighting vulnerabilities of the Indian Aaadhar system and when he conducted his research on the he found out that the Koo app is very leaky and a shady app and said that the domain Kooapp.com shows Chinese connection but not fully accurate.
There is a small investment made by a company called Shunwei which is connected to Xiaomi and is a venture capital fund company which invest in startups but would soon be existing from the app.
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, name, marital status, gender, … https://t.co/87Et18MrOg pic.twitter.com/qzrXeFBW0L
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) February 10, 2021
And it's down pic.twitter.com/FdSvIiYNA2
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) February 10, 2021