Popular dating app leak puts millions of women at risk

guest · Mar 8, 2020

Popular dating app leak puts millions of women at risk
March 6, 2020
https://cybernews.com/security/popular-dating-app-leak-puts-millions-of-women-at-risk/

OkCupid is a US-based dating app that was launched in 2004, with more than 50 million users since launch. It currently boasts around 5 million active members and 1 million weekly installs of its apps. Recently, the dating app moved to a “Tinder” style match system. As with all other popular dating apps, OKCupid promised to keep its users safe.

However, during our research into dating apps, we’ve discovered that it is possible to track OkCupid users and find their exact location. This presents a major threat for OKCupid users who might fall victim to aggressive stalking.
How we found out about OkCupid’s data leak
In order to carry out this research, our analysts intercepted the network requests and responses between the app and the server using a MITM (Man In The Middle) Proxy.
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OkCupid has since fixed the issue – after we reported it to them.
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mirimir · Mar 8, 2020

Revealing location via apps is way too iffy for me. And I'm not even a woman

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