Privacy and Security Concerns Regarding Houseparty App
The social media platforms have their own set of problems. On many social networks such as Instagram, strangers can connect with others, and there is no way to authenticate them. Houseparty app is different as it enables users to give out private invitations to others for video or text chat. This way verifying someone’s identity becomes easy. However, this app comes with its own set of privacy and security concerns. What is Houseparty? Houseparty application is for private video chatting, and it is available for iPhones, iPads, iPod touch, Android phones and tabs, and MacOS devices. The main objective of the app is group video conferencing. But users can exchange text messages in the app as well. Concerns about Houseparty’s marketing and promotion Houseparty app has a large user base with more than 20m users. A majority of the users are in their teens or early 20s. But the promotion of the app solely features people in their 20s, even though the app is quite popular among...