The silhouette of an arrival at the conference centre, is seen on a barrier positioned on the perimeter ahead of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain, September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
BIRMINGHAM, England: British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party apologised on Sept 29 after releasing a phone app for the annual party conference that let members of the public log in as senior government ministers and view their personal details.
Dawn Foster, a columnist with the Guardian newspaper, discovered that a flaw in the app allowed users to log in as anyone attending the party conference, simply by entering an email address.
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