Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius
by jamesfisher on Thursday October 27, 2016 @08:11AM
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Tinder once had this exact problem. You could find users' exact locations via triangulation, since the API reported an exact distance from your location: http://blog.includesecurity.com/2014/02/how-i-was-able-to-tr...
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Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius
by badwolf on Thursday October 27, 2016 @10:15AM
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Grindr as well, which due to the nature of that app could have had bad effects should someone with ill-intent take advantage. There were even a few apps in the Google Play store that would pinpoint other grindr users.
Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius
by secfirstmd on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:35PM
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Yep, this is a big problem in the human rights space these days. When we train on apps with LGBT communities in the Middle East and Africa, we have to spend a lot of time on this issue.
More info: https://grindrmap.neocities.org/
Comparison amongst gay dating apps (from 2014) https://grindrmap.neocities.org/overview.html