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Serious Grindr Vulnerability Let Hackers Hijack User Accounts With Just an Email Address
The popular LGBT+ hook-up app Grindr has fixed a glaring security flaw that allowed hackers to take over any account if they knew the user’s registered email address, TechCrunch reports.
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Tinder, Grindr, And Other Dating Services Failed To Protect Children From Sexual Exploitation: UK Report
Dating apps including Tinder and Grindr have failed to prevent child sexual exploitation on their platforms, in part due to weak age verification measures, according to a new report by the Sunday Times.
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Grindr’s API Surrendered Location Data To A Third-Party Website, Even After Users Opted Out
A website that allowed Grindr’s gay dating app users to see who blocked them on the service says that by using the company’s API it was able to view unread messages, email addresses, deleted photos and – perhaps most troubling – location data, according to a report published today.