Google fixes bug that could reveal users' private phone numbers

A security researcher has discovered a bug that could be exploited to reveal the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account without alerting its owner, potentially exposing users to privacy and security risks. Google confirmed to TechCrunch that it fixed the bug after the researcher alerted the company in April.  The independent researcher, who goes by the handle brutecat and blogged their findings, told TechCrunch that they could obtain the recovery phone number of a Google account by expl ...