Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months

How does this app even have any users left? This is the third or fourth time this kind of stuff has happened.

In October, however, researchers at Include Security discovered that Tinder servers were actually giving much more detailed information—mileage to 15 decimal places—that would allow any hacker with "rudimentary" skills to pinpoint a user’s location to within 100 feet. Depending on the neighborhood, that’s close enough to determine with alarming accuracy where, say, an ex-girlfriend is hanging out.

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