A third-party App Can Use Grindr To Expose Users’ Exact Locations
Posted on September 17, 2018
ENGADGET – Sep 14 – According to a new investigation by Queer Europe, Grindr can still expose people’s personal data through a third-party app called “Fuckr,” which was released in 2015 and can locate up to 600 Grindr users within minutes. The free third party app is built on top of Grindr’s private API, giving it access to the gay dating app’s database. It uses a technique called “trilateration” to find users, allowing anyone with access to it a way to follow people around as they go about their day.
