Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K private messages

Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by vincnetas on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:08PM (#50499821)

careful what you wish for. do you want outlaw teenagers of playing with computers until they get government issued web license?

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by easterncalculus on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:19PM (#50499909)

If that user is European the answer is almost definitely a 100% serious yes.

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by mns on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:22PM (#50499930)

After dryers and AC, the EU is coming for your websites!!!

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by schrodinger on Saturday November 14, 2026 @08:30PM (#50503072)

They already have — thank them for every fucking cookie banner. UGH! Whoever thought that was a good idea is a huge fucking moron — it just trains people to click "Yes, allow, whatever gets this things out of my way the fastest." It's almost as bad as Canadian Geese — don't get me started.

(That doesn't mean I don't appreciate/envy the GDPR, as a US citizen.)

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by acjohnson55 on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:19PM (#50500413)

I could imagine licensing for handling certain forms of data. Or at the very least, liability.

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by cowlevel on Sunday November 15, 2026 @05:46AM (#50505862)

Liability already exists

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by jimbokun on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:43PM (#50500637)

If they are running a company handling sensitive customer data…then yes.

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Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p... by vincnetas on Sunday November 15, 2026 @08:55AM (#50506969)

So handling sensitive data is already regulated.

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