Koo, Indian Twitter Lookalike, Exposing s' Personal Data, Claims French Hacker 2iw2a

Koo, an Indian microblogging platform that offers a Twitter-like experience in Indian languages, has been accused of exposing its s' personal data by French security researcher Robert Baptiste, who goes by the pseudonym Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y on Twitter). Baptiste said that he spent 30 minutes on Koo at the request of s on Twitter and found that the microblogging platform was exposing sensitive information of its s, such as email addresses, names, gender, and more. He also posted a series of tweets to detail his findings about Koo. The new Indian social media platform recently gained some traction after Twitter refused to block some s related to the ongoing farmers' protest at the request of the government. 70w16