In a bombshell report on Tuesday, it was revealed that Tinder users are left vulnerable to voyeurs, blackmail, and targeted surveillance. Researchers at security firm Checkmarx demonstrated that Tinder doesn't encrypt photos, allowing someone on the same network to copy these files or even insert their own photos into the app. Worse, the data that is encrypted by Tinder is predictable, allowing the researchers to decipher "exactly what the user sees on his or her screen… What they're doing, what their sexual preferences are, a lot of information." Apparently, that student who e-mailed every Claudia at Missouri State had other options to find the one he was looking for.
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Sean O'Brien and Michael Kwet