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New Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months

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February 20, 2014 at 10:51 AM EST

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New Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months — An image from Include Security shows how Tinder users’ locations could be tracked to within 100 feetInclude Security

Internet security researchers in New York say that a flaw in Tinder, the super-popular hookup app, made it possible to find users’ precise location for between 40 and 165 days, without any public notice from the company.

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