Researchers: vulnerabilities in Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge, and Hily let malicious users pinpoint locations to two meters; the apps fixed the issue
A group of researchers said they found that vulnerabilities in the design of some dating apps, including the popular Bumble and Hinge … Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange and @obrien_kat@mastodon.w...
Interviews with 40 current and ex-content moderators across Match Group, Grindr, and Bumble describe their mental health issues that they link with their jobs
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Elon Musk tweets an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation and baselessly suggests the former Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization
Elon Musk's “Twitter Files,” which supposedly reveal … Joseph Menn / Washington Post : Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief Livemint : Twitter character limit to incr...
Bumble open sources Private Detector, an AI tool the company launched in 2019 to detect unsolicited lewd images; Bumble claims the tool has a 98%+ accuracy rate
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How dating apps are increasingly used to start platonic friendships, with average time spent on Bumble's BFF growing 83% for men and 44% for women in Q1 2021
Millennials and members of Generation Z increased their use of dating apps to make platonic friends during the pandemic; ‘now we all have these big life moments together’ Tweets: @sebaldus_ , @bad_tak...
Researchers: flaws in Bumble exposed info of ~95M Bumble users, including Facebook data of some, and it took over 200 days after being notified to fix the bug
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Researchers exploit Tinder, Ok Cupid, and other dating apps, find vulnerabilities that gives them access to users' real names, location, login info, more
Security researchers have uncovered numerous exploits in popular dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and OK Cupid.
Dating app Bumble to roll out photo verification feature in effort to stop impersonators using the platform
For some reason certain people feel the need to create a dating profile using someone else's pictures. Whether it's done to impersonate someone else, bully someone or even just pull a prank …