An API bug in popular dating sites Bumble exposed personal information of users which includes like political leanings, astrological signs, education, and even height and weight, and their distance away in miles. The bug is found by an independent Security Evaluators researcher Sanjana Sarda and she can able to access personal information for the platform’s entire user base of nearly 100 million.
Dating Site Bumble Leaves Swipes Unsecured for 100M Users https://t.co/07VKXrGnBh pic.twitter.com/NEwEvcmQHP
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@Boris Cipot, Senior Sales Engineer , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"APIs are an integral part of almost every application today. ..."
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@Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"API developers should be ready to accept the burden of ensuring their APIs are as free as possible...."
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Dating app users tend to publicly share far more information about themselves than they would on a typical social media app...."
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Dating app users tend to publicly share far more information about themselves than they would on a typical social media app...."
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