A popular Android browser app with more than five million downloads on the Google Play Store may have been leaking user data including browser history, experts have claimed. Cybernews (opens in new tab) says it discovered that the ‘Web Explorer – Fast Internet’ app had left its Firebase instance open – a mobile application development platform that’s designed to assist with analytics, hosting, and cloud storage. At risk is five days’ worth of redirect data, including country, direct initiating address, redirect destination address, and user country, all presented by user ID.
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