Chrome plugin exploited Tinder privacy bug to track your friends location

Get the Full StoryRemember Tinder Social the group meeting feature that got the popular dating app in trouble for outing its users to their Facebook friends? It turns out that, in addition to this, Social had another glaring privacy issue that made it possible for Tinder users to track their Facebook friends and see their exact location. To demonstrate how intrusive the group meeting feature can be, researchers from cybersecurity firm Detectify developed a creepy Chrome plugin that enabled them to use their Tinder account to triangulate the precise location of their Facebook friends. As the security experts explain in a… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Tinder

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