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#Bumble and #Hinge allowed #stalkers to pinpoint users’ #locations down to 2m.
Analyzed 15 popular #dating #apps, #Badoo, Bumble, #Grindr, #happn, Hinge and #Hily all had same #vulnerability that a malicious user identify near-exact #location 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.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bumble-and-hinge-allowed-stalkers-to-pinpoint-users-locations-down-to-2-meters-researchers-say/