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Tinder app security breach allowed users to track others’ exact location

Posted on February 22, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

J. Aparri writes:

Tinder users may be unnerved to learn that a vulnerability in the app’s geolocater allowed users of the popular online dating app to track others’ exact location.

According to research from Include Security, the simple hack was employed widely in 2013.

The flaw, which has since been fixed, was first discovered by researchers and reported to Tinder last fall.

Read more on Realty Today.

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