Max / HBO Max (com.wbd.stream): Privacy & Security Findings

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Smali classes read
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262+
Critical findings recorded
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970+
Weak points found
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567+
Endpoints investigated
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132+
SDK instances mapped
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Max / HBO Max
NASDAQ
2026-06-21
90d ago
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Critical
Max lets a customer-feedback tool send data over an unencrypted connection even in places where the app's own general security settings are supposed to forbid it, and a marketing-analytics tool runs without any confirmed exemption inside children's viewing profiles. The app's owner also changed when Paramount acquired it, a change affecting more than 100 million subscribers, without the legally required notice telling users who now actually controls their data.
Apptentive usesCleartextTraffic=true overrides NSC - active on subscriber sessions. Braze 814 smali without confirmed Kids Mode gating. Paramount acquisition Q3 2026 = controller change for 100M+ subscribers, no Art. 14 disclosure
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GDPR Art. 32(1)(b)GDPR Art. 32(1)(a)GDPR Art. 8+1
Yes
Closed
Disclosure
90d 00h 00m 00s
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