{"id":7199,"date":"2019-03-27T03:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/?p=7199"},"modified":"2019-04-03T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T21:02:47","slug":"a-family-tracking-app-was-leaking-real-time-location-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/a-family-tracking-app-was-leaking-real-time-location-data\/","title":{"rendered":"A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"article__title\">A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data<\/h1>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/03\/23\/family-tracking-location-leak\/\">Zack Whittaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"popup_BIG_DATA\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#popup_BIG_DATA_modal\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/button_banner-Big_Data_Report.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app, Family Locator, built by Australia-based software house\u00a0React Apps, allows families to track each other in real-time, such as spouses or parents wanting to know where their children are.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a review of the database, each account record contained a user\u2019s name, email address, profile photo, and their plaintext passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Any user who had a geofence set up also had those coordinates stored in the database, along with what the user called them \u2014 such as \u201chome\u201d or \u201cwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/03\/23\/family-tracking-location-leak\/\">full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.ftcguardian.com\/bw4uoy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ftcguardian\/images\/728x90-Un-vjy-FTC-GUARDIAN-banner-2.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s How To Make Sure You,\u00a0Your Business and Website Are FTC & GDPR Compliant<\/h2>\n<p>By now it should be clear how important it is for you to be FTC compliant. 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It\u2019s not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created. Neither the author nor FTC Guardian, Inc. is endorsed by the Federal Trade Commission.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data By\u00a0Zack Whittaker A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password. 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