Clubhouse is reviewing its data protection practices after a research group at Stanford University reported security flaws in the app. Clubhouse’s affiliation with Agora Inc is suspected to cause data leak to the Chinese government.
Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) first reported the issue in Clubhouse’s data protection practices. Upon its report, SIO found security flaws in Clubhouse’s system. The security flaws are leaving users’ data vulnerable from the Chinese government.
Through SIO’s report, Clubhouse found out to have numeral users residing in China. Clubhouse, however, did not provide access to the app in the country. This raises concerns that users from China might have their conversations leak through Chinese servers. As if proving this, several users in mainland China who participate in sensitive issues like Xinjiang detention camps and National Security Law reportedly lost their access to the app.
Clubhouse responds to the report on data protection issue
The U.S. audio streaming app soon responded to the report, which further published by the research group at Stanford University. Quoted from Reuters, Clubhouse stated, “with the help of researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory, we have identified a few areas where we can further strengthen our data protection.”
“Over the next 72 hours, we are rolling out changes to add additional encryption and blocks to prevent Clubhouse clients from ever transmitting pings to Chinese servers. We also plan to engage an external data security firm to review and validate these changes,” the statement continues.
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