New Tinder feature outs its users to their Facebook friends

Posted by flashman on Thursday April 28, 2016 @12:57AM
from the news.com.au dept.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/tinder-social-feature-is-a-massive-invasion-of-privacy-for-all-those-using-the-dating-app/news-story/2ff112ff997754d864820394eeaf9a31

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Re:New Tinder feature outs its users to their Facebook friends by wodenokoto on Thursday April 28, 2016 @02:35AM (#11586889)

They always showed common friends who are on tinder, and in the edit profile pane, you could get a list of your friends that other users can potentially see. That list is also Facebook friends on Tinder.

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Re:New Tinder feature outs its users to their Facebook friends by perflexive on Thursday April 28, 2016 @01:18AM (#11586690)

It's pretty outrageous that this didn't launch with an option to opt out.

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