20 Jul The gay dating app Grindr is still exposing the precise location of its more than 3
6 million active users although it has long been aware of the issue. According to experts, there is a simple tweak that would protect users, but Grindr hasn't implemented it.
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In a post published Thursday, the website Queer Europe detailed how easy it is to find any Grindr user's location using an app called Fuckr, which employs a technique called “trilateration” to find users. Fuckr, which can be downloaded for free and is not affiliated with Grindr, is built on top of unauthorized access to Grindr's private API, or “application programming interface,” which provides Fuckr with information in Grindr's database.
I was startled to find dozens of videos I had deleted before posting or sharing with friends, an embarrassment of outtakes. There I was, lower-resolution and smoother-skinned, staring at the computer camera and adjusting my bangs, looking for a good angle from my dorm room, my parents' kitchen, a temp job. It was like watching B-roll for a documentary about my insecurities. (Facebook has since announced that the inclusion of deleted videos was the result of a bug, and said it was planning to discard the data from its servers.) The videos were jarring to discover-and suggested questionable data-retention practices at Facebook-but they were not entirely unwelcome.