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title: "Researchers find Tinder is a steaming hot … security mess"
date: "2018-01-24T14:01:15+00:00"
url: "https://checkmarx.com/in-the-news/researchers-find-tinder-steaming-hot-security-mess/"
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# Researchers find Tinder is a steaming hot … security mess

The claim comes today from the Checkmarx Ltd. security team, which discovered what is described as “disturbing vulnerabilities in a highly popular dating application used by people across the globe.” The problems lies at the heart of how Tinder deals with information on the app, failing to use HTTPS-encryption on photos, meaning that potentially any photo on the app could be stolen and even additional photos injected into the app.