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Snapchat, which is turning into quite the tragically hilarious tech super giant almost billion dollar company, was hacked this past week and had millions of users’ phone numbers and data stolen. 4.6 million users to be specific. You would think they could’ve amped up security with that $3 billion dollar offer from Facebook they turned down, but nah, fuck money, get bitches hacked.
Luckily for you, there’s a handy website that can tell you whether or not your phone number is currently being used on encrypted phones to facilitate human trafficking.
Will Smidlein and Robbie Trencheny came up with GS Lookup – Snapchat to help Snapchat users determine whether or not their stuff got got. I just used it and it’s incredibly simple and fast. Well worth your time.
[H/T Mashable]
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Brian McGannon
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The only data that was breached was users phone numbers – Not really a big deal.
Phone numbers that can be used to login to facebook and email accounts.
Yep. Not a big deal.
I didn’t realize it was possible to login to Facebook or gmail via a phone number and no corresponding password.