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- 1 2 Max Lewontin (2015-11-02). "South Korea pulls plug on child surveillance app after security concerns: Government officials pulled Smart Sheriff, an app that lets parents track how their children use social media, from the Google Play store over the weekend". The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved 2016-01-09.
But researchers from Citizens Lab, a research group based at the University of Toronto, and Cure53, a German software company, released two reports in September finding that Smart Sheriff had a variety of security issues that it made it vulnerable to hackers and put children and parents' personal information at risk.
- 1 2 Raphael Satter, Youkyung Lee (2015-11-02). "South Korea shuts down child surveillance app over security concerns: The removal of the state-approved Smart Sheriff is a blow to South Korea's effort to keep closer tabs on the online lives of youth". Toronto Star . Seoul . Retrieved 2016-01-09.
Pulling the plug on Smart Sheriff was "long overdue," said independent researcher Collin Anderson, who worked with Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab and German software auditing firm Cure53 to comb through the app's code.
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- ↑ Timm Trevor (2014-01-20). "SecureDrop Undergoes Second Security Audit". Freedom of the Press Foundation . Retrieved 2014-07-13.
This time, we worked with the German security firm Cure53, who has previously done audits of GlobaLeaks, Mailvelope, and CryptoCat.
- ↑ "Cure53 – Fine penetration tests for fine websites". cure53.de. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
