Classroom Caper: When School Apps Flunk Data Security Test

Education, the key to success or, in Appscook’s case, a Pandora’s box of personal data leaks. This Indian IT company’s school-specific apps have turned recess into a schoolyard brawl of catastrophic data leaks. Who needs privacy when there’s an app for parent-teacher chats, right? Welcome…

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Education, they say, is the key to success. But what happens when that key opens a Pandora's box of personal data leaks? Welcome to the latest episode of "When Tech Goes Rogue," starring Indian IT company Appscook. Their school-specific apps have been playing fast and loose with data security, resulting in a bit of a schoolyard brawl. And by 'brawl', I mean a potentially catastrophic data leak involving children's personal information. But hey, who needs privacy when you've got an app for parent-teacher communication, right?

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