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Flat Earth Clock App
Basic Information
Release Year	2016
Product Type	Mobile Social Network
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://flatearthdave.com/

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"Flat Earth Sun and Moon Clock,"^[1] or "Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac,"^[2] is a social network app created by Blue Water Bay, a company run by David Weiss. The app provides users with a clock showing how the day-night cycle progresses on a flat earth as well as serving content that validates flat earth theory.

The application is available in the Google Play Store^[1] and Apple's App Store^[2] for a one-time payment of $2.99 with the in-app option to subscribe for a "friend finder feature" and various other in-app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $10.99 per item^[1]. It has been reported multiple times for major breaches of security^[3], privacy, EU and US regulations, and misinformation about collected data.

Consumer Impacts[edit | edit source]

Major violations in privacy regulations in the US and the EU
Data breaches spanning several years, including leaks of usernames, emails, locations, and plaintext passwords.
Publishing of real-time locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.

Consumer impact summary[edit | edit source]

Exposure of sensitive data due to breaches and real time location made public by design.

Incidents[edit | edit source]

Security breach[edit | edit source]

On February 7, 2025, an organization called GlobeSec published a summary of the app's past security breaches on Github^[4]. David Weiss publicly denounced the individuals who communicated the app's shortcomings to him. After three years of the creator's non-compliance, a 90 day warning period was given.^{[clarification needed]}

"McToon", a conspiracy theory debunker on YouTube and a developer, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues.^[5]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Flat Earth Sun & Moon Clock in the Google Play Store
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the Apple App Store
↑ https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#FlatEarthDave
↑ Release of a list of issues on Github
↑ a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Flat Earth Sun & Moon Clock in the Google Play Store

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the Apple App Store

[3] ttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#FlatEarthDave

[4] Release of a list of issues on Github

[5] video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues

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-}}"'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a social network for "flat earthers" to connect and to provide an echo chamber among like-minded people.
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+"Flat Earth Sun and Moon Clock,"<ref name=":0" /> or "Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac,"<ref name=":1" /> is a social network app created by Blue Water Bay, a company run by David Weiss. The app provides users with a clock showing how the day-night cycle progresses on a flat earth as well as serving content that validates flat earth theory.
-The app serves a "clock" that tries (and fails) to show how day/night does progress on a Flat earth, and serves as a platform for content to reinforce science denial regarding everything we learned about our universe.
+The application is available in the Google Play Store<ref name=":0">Flat Earth Sun & Moon Clock in the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatearthsun&referrer=utm_source Google Play Store]</ref> and Apple's App Store<ref name=":1">Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flat-earth-sun-moon-zodiac/id1440996640 Apple App Store]</ref> for a one-time payment of $2.99 with the in-app option to subscribe for a "friend finder feature" and various other in-app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $10.99 per item<ref name=":0" />. It has been reported multiple times for major breaches of security<ref>https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#FlatEarthDave</ref>, privacy, EU and US regulations, and misinformation about collected data.
-As being a "flat earther" has the common side effect of one losing real human connections/friends even family in some cases, the creator David Weiss, capitalizes on people that are easy to manipulate, providing the platform as a replacement.
-The application is available in the Google Play Store<ref>Flat Earth Clock app in the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatearthsun&referrer=utm_source Google Play Store]</ref> and Apple's App Store<ref>Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flat-earth-sun-moon-zodiac/id1440996640 Apple App Store]</ref> respectively for a one time payment of $3 (no trial), and in-app purchases in the form of a subscription for a "friend finder feature" despite being reported multiple times by several individuals, including myself of major breaches of security, privacy, wrong statements about collected data and breaches of EU and US regulations.
 ==Consumer Impacts==
-*Reinforcement of science denial
 *Major violations in privacy regulations in the US and the EU
-*Data breaches spanning over multiple years including some that published all usernames, emails, locations and plain text passwords.
+*Data breaches spanning several years, including leaks of usernames, emails, locations, and plaintext passwords.
-*Publishing of realtime locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.
+*Publishing of real-time locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.
 ==Consumer impact summary==
+Exposure of sensitive data due to breaches and real time location made public by design.
 ==Incidents==
-This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
+===Security breach===
-{{Placeholder box|* [[Example incident one]] (date): Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
+On February 7, 2025, an organization called GlobeSec published a summary of the app's past security breaches on Github<ref>[https://github.com/globesec/flatearthsun_public Release of a list of issues on Github]</ref>. David Weiss publicly denounced the individuals who communicated the app's shortcomings to him. After three years of the creator's non-compliance, a 90 day warning period was given.{{Clarify}}
-* [[Example incident two]] (date):
-Incidents affecting the entire product line can be found in the product line article: [[Product line article, or company article if there is no product line]]}}
-==See also==
-A comprehensive (but incomplete to protect actual members) list of the security breaches was compiled years ago, mostly ignored by the creator or used to gain more media traction by calling out the people who informed him of the shortcomings.
-On February 7, 2025 part of these issues were released on Github<ref>[https://github.com/globesec/flatearthsun_public Release of a list of issues on Guthub]</ref> and after 3 years of non-compliance by the creator a 90 day warning period was given.
-"McToon", a notable debunker of science deniers on YouTube and a developer himself, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjDlOIdf5Q a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues]</ref>.
+"McToon", a conspiracy theory debunker on YouTube and a developer, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjDlOIdf5Q a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues]</ref>
 ==References==