LACK OF SECURITY: Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser made easily available to third parties personally identifiable information like location, search details and mobile subscriber and device numbers.
SHANGHAI: A popular mobile web browser from a company that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd paid more than US$1bil (RM3.60bil) for last year leaks sensitive user data and is a privacy risk, a Canadian technology research group said.
Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser, developed by UCWeb Inc, made easily available to third parties personally identifiable information like location, search details and mobile subscriber and device numbers.
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