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Personal info of 31 million people leaked by popular virtual keyboard Ai.type

December 5, 2017

Via: TNW

Data belonging to 31 million users of the popular smartphone virtual keyboard, Ai.type, has leaked online after the developer failed to properly secure the app’s database.

Ai.type is a freemium virtual keyboard that runs on iOS and Android, with the bulk of the users on Android. According to the developers, Ai.type can learn the user’s writing style, and even auto-insert emoji.

According to Zack Whittaker of ZDNet, the app’s database server was left online without any form of authentication. This meant anyone could access the company’s treasure-trove of personal information, which totals more than 577 gigabytes of data, without needing a password.

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