SwiftKey works by learning words and phrases that you commonly use, and can sync that personalized data to the cloud so that you can access it from multiple devices. A recent bug, though, caused some emails and phone numbers in the predicted text to be sent to the wrong users.
- A few SwiftKey users noticed odd predictions from the keyboard, like unfamiliar email addresses or phrases in the wrong language. It turns out that a bug in the cloud syncing and backup service was causing the personalized typing predictions to sync to the wrong users, and some of those suggestions had potentially sensitive information. In relative terms it’s not a glaring breach; some users just saw unfamiliar names and email addresses among other things. SwiftKey says only a small percentage of users were affected and they’ve temporarily disabled the cloud service until the issue is fixed. [The Telegraph]
- In other news, with the Windows 10 Anniversary update set to launch next week, Microsoft isn’t taking a break. Windows Insiders will continue to get new builds of the software in August as development continues. And today is the deadline to upgrade from older versions to Windows 10 for free. [Microsoft]
- Gizmodo takes a look at everything we know (and don’t know) about the iPhone 7. It’s not expected to be a dramatic departure from the previous iPhone, but the longstanding rumor that it will not have a headphone jack sounds likely. [Gizmodo]
- In an embarrassing misstep during the understandably hectic Democratic National Convention, our sister site Gawker committed a bit of a gaff when they published an unfinished draft last night amid their otherwise quality reporting. Sad! [Gawker]
Source: LifeHacker
