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Viral Anti-Masturbation App Quittr Exposed Sensitive User Data

Summary by Mashable
The Quittr app exposed the masturbation habits of many of its users, according to a report by 404 Media.

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The Anti-Porno-App Quittr stored sensitive user data unprotected on the web. Despite warnings, measures were not taken. The app, which should help many users, shows serious security deficiencies.

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A popular app to combat porn addiction has revealed sensitive data from over 600,000 users. Despite direct warnings to the developers, the vulnerability persisted for months. Information from minors was also affected. (Continue reading)

Quittr, a popular application that promised to help men quit pornography, would have exposed for months extremely sensitive data from more than 600,000 users, including 100,000 minors, while their creators publicly denied that there was a security problem. *** An independent researcher accessed data from more than 600,000 Quittr users through a bad Google Firebase setup. The information exposed included ages, masturbation frequency, emotions ass…

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Mashable broke the news in United States on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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