Researchers were able to pinpoint dating-app users' locations, 'at one end of the office versus the other.'
Researchers in the UK have demonstrated that Grindr, the most popular dating app for gay men, continues to reveal its users' location data, putting them at risk from stalking, robbery and gay-bashing.was able to precisely locate users of four popular dating apps—Grindr, Romeo, Recon and the polyamorous site 3fun—and says a potential 10 million users are at risk of exposure.
"Imagine a man shows up on a dating app as '200 meters [650ft] away.' You can draw a 200m radius around your own location on a map and know he is somewhere on the edge of that circle. If you then move down the road and the same man shows up as 350m away, and you move again and he is 100m away, you can then draw all of these circles on the map at the same time and where they intersect will reveal exactly where the man is.
As the researchers point out, in many U.S. states, being identified as gay can mean losing your job or home, with no legal recourse. In countries like Uganda and Saudia Arabia, it can mean violence, imprisonment or even death.
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