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January 22, 2014 07:56 am GMT
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Snapchat Makes You Find The Ghosts To Keep Hackers From Stealing Your Phone Number
Snapchat now verifies new users aren't robots by making them choose its ghost mascot in images. It's an attempt to keep out hackers who could steal phone numbers by exploiting a leaked database of details on 4.6 million accounts. A 16-year-old hacker proved he could do just that by finding the number of Snapchat CTO Bobby Murphy, but now he says Snapchat has patched the holes he harnessed.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/OUsExNRW5ko/
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