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EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings
2019-09-04 09:34

The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.

News Wrap: Dentist Offices Hit By Ransomware, Venmo Faces Privacy Firestorm
2019-08-30 14:07

From new ransomware attacks to privacy issues around Venmo and Ring, Threatpost editors break down the top news of this week.

Venmo’s Public Transactions Policy Stirs Privacy Concerns
2019-08-29 15:36

In an open letter, the Mozilla Foundation and EFF scolded Venmo for its data privacy policies, which they say could open the door to stalking and spear-phishing.

Millions of Venmo transactions scraped (again)
2019-06-19 10:07

Not much has changed since a year ago, when a bot was tweeting out publicly visible Venmo "drug" deals from the public-by-default company.

Researcher Scrapes and Posts 7 Million Venmo Transactions
2019-06-17 18:24

Venmo is a peer-to-peer mobile app designed to make it easy to send and receive payments from friends. It is owned by PayPal -- and it is no stranger to security issues. read more

Names and photos of Venmo ‘drug buyers’ published on Twitter
2018-07-24 11:35

The bot scraped Venmo's public API for sex, drugs and alcohol-related words, then tweeted profile photos and first names of the "buyers."

Venmo users: time to hide your drug deals and excessive pizza consumption
2018-07-19 10:03

To its fans, Venmo is a hassle-free P2P app that lets anyone living in the US send money to friends, split a restaurant bill, pay for a ride on Uber, or buy a hotel room. To the security...

PayPal's pal Venmo spaffs your pals' payments - and yours
2018-07-18 07:03

200 million transactions visible to all, inc. the inside dope on a cannabis seller's annual sales PayPal-owned digital wallet Venmo shares way too much data via its public API, according to...