QZ – July 23 – Tinder briefly exposed the physical location of its users to other people on the service. The location wasn’t visible in the app. But the data files sent to each user’s phone, which could be accessed through a simple hack, contained sensitive information about people recommended by Tinder, including their most recent location while using the app. It also included their Facebook ID, which could be used to identify someone by first and last name. ”We had a very, very, very brief security flaw that we patched up very quickly,” Tinder CEO Sean Rad said.
by Zachary M. Seward
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