Slack Mobile
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Popular business communication app Slack is sending out emails asking some of its users to reset their passwords. If you have also received such an email, you might want to reset your password right now.
According to a report by Android Police, Slack on Android has been found storing passwords in plaintext. Slack has mentioned this in an email sent out to affected users. Apparently, the bug was introduced in a version of Slack for Android and remained unfixed for a month.
Slack says that only a small subset of users was affected. The company notes that there is no evidence to suggest that this data was accessed by third-parties. The bug has now been fixed and the affected app version has been blocked.
If you were affected by this bug, you should receive an email from the company soon. Even otherwise, it might be wise to reset your password if you sign in to Slack manually.
How to reset your Slack password:
If you are still not comfortable clicking on the password reset link automatically sent by Slack, you can manually request your password to be reset and then set a new password yourself.
To reset your password manually, go to the Slack login page, login to your account and set a new password.
Affected Slack users are also being asked to clear their app data to delete old logs. To do this, go to Settings > Apps > Slack > Storage and tap on Clear Data. Alternatively, you can also uninstall and reinstall the Slack app.
Why should passwords not be stored in plaintext?
Simply put, storing passwords in plaintext is akin to leaving the key to your house on the doormat. Malicious third-party apps would have been able to access the Slack password stored in plaintext, allowing them to misuse it any way they see fit.
Via Business Insider
Slack is a great app — I use it every day as my primary means of business communication, and I love its design, responsiveness, and robust multi-platform support.
Its mobile apps can also be maddeningly frustrating, especially when you're looking to do something simple, like compose a new direct message, and you can't find a way to do it.
With a new redesign that started rolling out Wednesday, Slack's apps for iOS and Android should be a lot more intuitive.
The biggest change is the tab bar, which shows up at the bottom of the app and makes it easy to switch from the Home screen to direct messages to mentions etc. There's also a dedicated button for composing new message in the bottom right corner of the app.
For an idea of how much of a difference this makes, I offer this quote from Slack's release notes for the latest version of the app: 'It seemed bizarrely hard to create a new message in a channel or DM without finding that precise location first. With an application of logic, software engineering, and a new 'Compose' button in the bottom right corner, this has been rectified.' Yes.
DMs and mentions were similarly tough to find before, so dedicated buttons in the tab bar should change this.
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Other changes include making it easier to update your status, new swipe gestures, as well as shortcuts, which offer a fast way to reach a certain feature regardless of what you're currently doing in the app.
Slack Mobile Download
The design is pretty much unified across iOS and Android, which is a nice touch for us poor souls who often use both platforms.
Slack Mobile Video
Slack says it will continue to update the app with 'more improvements' in the future, and urges users to actually use the 'Send feedback' button which can be found under Preferences.