Booting Up: Tinder Briefly Exposed Users’ Locations Over the Weekend

Tinder users’ locations and Facebook information were briefly available through a simple hack this weekend. The data was only exposed for

Exposed. (Screencap: Tinder)
Exposed. (Screencap: Tinder)

Tinder users’ locations and Facebook information were briefly available through a simple hack this weekend. The data was only exposed for a few hours, and the company says it wasn’t enough to put users in “jeopardy.” [Quartz]

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Booting Up: Tinder Briefly Exposed Users’ Locations Over the Weekend