App Flaws Allow Snoops to Spy On Tinder Users, Researchers Say
The use of HTTP for photo transport and a flaw in Tinder’s use of HTTPS can leave users exposed, Checkmarx says.
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Think you can hack Tinder? Google will pay you $1000. – Mashable
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Think you can hack Tinder? Google will pay you $ 1000.
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Dataset of scraped Tinder pics poof from Kaggle after Tinder complains
Tinder was ticked after 40,000 profile photos were scraped to create the People of Tinder dataset, accused the person behind the script of violating its terms of service, and asked Kaggle to remove the dataset from the platform. Nevertheless, it was downloaded hundreds of time before the take-down which now results in a 404 error.
The People of Tinder dataset was created by Stuart Colianni; it consisted of 40,000 images from Tinder users in the San Francisco Bay Area – half were of women and half were of men. He intends to use the dataset with Google’s TensorFlow’s Inception to create a neural network capable of distinguishing between male and female images.
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This Tinder scam promises to verify your account, but actually sells porn
Tinder users beware. The popular dating app generally doesn’t verify most user accounts, but that hasn’t stopped spammers from pretending to offer the service.
In recent weeks, automated bots masquerading as Tinder profiles have been telling real users to get “verified,” as part of a clever scam to sell them porn, security firm Symantec said on Thursday.
The spam bots first send off flirty messages, like “Wanna eat cookie dough together some time?” only to then ask whether Tinder has verified the user.
It’s a free service, the spam bot will claim, and done “to verify the person you wanna meet isn’t a serial killer lol.”
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