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Location tracking in mobile apps is putting users at risk

A presentation at Shmoocon this weekend will demonstrate how poor coding in mobile apps could expose your location to anyone. Synack researchers plan to talk about common classes of geolocation bugs and illustrate how developers often use location data in an insecure manner. Much of the research revolves around the Grindr app, a dating app used by gay and bisexual men to meet other interested parties. The problems of poor coding and insecure handling of location data is not limited to the GrindR app, though.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2871933/location-tracking-in-mobile-apps-is-putting-users-at-risk.html

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