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...
Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
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A look at some government contractors that are helping US intelligence agencies and others use targeted mobile ads to track down people
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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
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Sources: location data of millions of Grindr users were collected from a digital ad network and sold since at least 2017; Grindr says it has cut the data flow
Gay-dating app's user locations were collected and sold via ad networks since at least 2017; Grindr says it has curtailed the data it shares
Grindr has a track record of saying that data shared with brokers is encrypted and unidentifiable, despite the use of such data to out a Catholic priest, others
The latest scandal to rock the Catholic Church was both incredibly unnerving and entirely preventable. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
Researcher finds a flaw in Grindr's password reset process that allowed anyone with knowledge of a user's email address to claim the account; issue is now fixed
Researcher finds a flaw in Grindr's password reset process that allowed anyone with knowledge of a user's email address to claim the account; issue is now fixed
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Researcher finds a flaw in Grindr's password reset process that allowed anyone with knowledge of a user's email address to claim the account; issue is now fixed
Grindr, one of the world's largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people …