Is houseparty really safe? 🤔
Houseparty is the app that lets you play virtual games during a video conference with friends and family.lockdown was put in place but it’s also been targeted by what it calls a ‘smear campaign’.
Epic Games, the company that owns Houseparty, is also responsible for the mega hit Fortnite. It said that it had found ‘no evidence’ of a breach in its security and claims that it doesn’t collect any passwords for other sites. ‘There are two separate issues being discussed around Houseparty: First, it appears that many users are not aware of the privacy implications of how the app works and how people can “drop-in” when they don’t want or expect them to. This can obviously lead to awkward situations’ explained Christoph Hebeisen, director of security intelligence research at cybersecurity specialist company‘The second issue is the assertion that third-party accounts are being “hacked” through the House Party app.
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