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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumble</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hinge</a> allowed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stalkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalkers</a> to pinpoint users’ <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/locations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#locations</a> down to 2m. Analyzed 15 popular <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dating</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Badoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Badoo</a>, Bumble, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Grindr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grindr</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/happn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#happn</a>, Hinge and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hily</a> all had same <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vulnerability</a> that a malicious user identify near-exact <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#location</a> of another user, according to researchers. To pinpoint exact location of user, researchers used a novel technique they call “oracle trilateration.” This creates three circles, which intersect at the point where the target is located. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/</a>

gtbarryBumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters, researchers sayA group of researchers said they found that vulnerabilities in the design of some dating apps, including the popular Bumble and Hinge, allowed malicious users or stalkers to pinpoint the location of their victims down to 2 meters<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DatingApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DatingApps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumble</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hinge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grindr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grindr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Badoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Badoo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/</a>

Xavier Ashe :donor:"In a new academic paper, researchers from the Belgian university KU Leuven detailed their findings when they analyzed 15 popular dating apps. Of those, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Badoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Badoo</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumble</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Grindr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grindr</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/happn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#happn</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Hinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hinge</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hily</a> all had the same vulnerability that could have helped a malicious user identify the near-exact location of another user, according to the researchers." <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/osint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osint</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalker</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stalkerware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalkerware</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosec</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/</a>

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