Mark Mason
Well-known member
Venmo Exposes User Transaction History, Shows Need for Usable Private Cryptocurrency
Venmo was found to leak user transaction history by default, highlighting the need for private and user-controlled payment solutions.
Due in part to the social nature of the app’s design, payments platform Venmo was found to reveal entire transaction histories of users, including to those who were not Venmo users themselves. This setting was found to be enabled by default, meaning that a user would have to manually adjust privacy settings, both ongoing and for past transactions, in order to hide their history from being revealed. This may have resulted in sensitive financial data on millions of users becoming de facto public record.
Read more: https://www.dashforcenews.com/venmo...shows-need-for-usable-private-cryptocurrency/
Venmo was found to leak user transaction history by default, highlighting the need for private and user-controlled payment solutions.
Due in part to the social nature of the app’s design, payments platform Venmo was found to reveal entire transaction histories of users, including to those who were not Venmo users themselves. This setting was found to be enabled by default, meaning that a user would have to manually adjust privacy settings, both ongoing and for past transactions, in order to hide their history from being revealed. This may have resulted in sensitive financial data on millions of users becoming de facto public record.
Read more: https://www.dashforcenews.com/venmo...shows-need-for-usable-private-cryptocurrency/