It was revealed today that the iOS app for coffee chain Starbucks has some lax security standards. According to Computerworld, Starbucks executives confirmed on Tuesday that the app stores usernames and passwords in unencrypted plaintext, making it relatively easy for someone else to get ahold of those login credentials. Two company executives told Computerworld that […]

Yesterday, it came to light that the Starbucks mobile payment app for iOS wasnt totally secure: the app was storing usernames, passwords, and email addresses in an unencrypted plain text format. Starbucks claimed that it had already fixed the issue, but the security researcher who originally identified the problem begged to differ, saying that Starbucks would […]