99990000099912 hours ago
I'm generally against regulation on tech, but I think you should need to get a license to store location data anywhere aside from the users device. Approximate, say city level data may be fine. But there's a big difference between knowing Sam lives in Detroit vs knowing they visit St Andrews every Tuesdays.
This type of thing could lead to very real consequences.
Even if the API is secure, how many people have access to that data ?
beAbU7 hours ago
Why would a dating app even need this information in the first place?
9999000009995 hours ago
So they can say Billy is 2 miles from you. So they can charge 30$ a month to change your location. Not to mention anyone who knows what they’re doing can spoof location.
This type of massive data leak is really common with dating apps, but no one seems to mind…
xenospn12 hours ago
Small part of me wonders if this isn’t a publicity tactic to make headlines for an otherwise unknown app.
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