Hookup App 3fun for Threesomes and Swinging Accused of Leaking Personal Info, Pics and Locations of Over a Million Users
A hookup app called '3fun' that describes itself as the best platform for "meeting local kinky, open-minded people for threesome and swinger lifestyle," is now receiving flak for disclosing information, as sensitive as the current location, of its 1.5 million users easily accessible,
Providing certain apps with your information, something as sensitive as your current location, has always been considered as a matter of security threat to a massive number of people. Recently, it was Russian ageing app, FaceApp that was under fire for sharing users' information and now it is a hookup app called '3fun' receiving flak. The app is dedicated to making group sex meetups easier between strangers has been receiving backlash for disclosing information, as sensitive as the current location of its 1.5 million users, easily accessible, as per reports by DM who fetched new reports by Pen Test Partners team. Recently, FaceApp Raised Security Concerns As Russian Aging App Was Accused of Using Personal Photos to Make You Look Old.
Experts believe that it is "probably the worst security for any dating app" they've ever seen. 3fun has been accused to have exposed everything from "near-real-time locations and sexual orientations to pictures(even of the people who have their settings set to private) uploaded by its users, birthdays, gender, and geographic coordinates available."
The new reports have it that the threesome hookup app that describes itself as the best platform for "meeting local kinky, open-minded people for threesome and swinger lifestyle," is leaking all your information, making it extremely easy to access all your personal details. The app, on the contrary, says that they, it, in fact, cares about the security of their users and hence provides them with the option of keeping your profile private. However, it is of no use. It took the expert simple technical quirks to access the location of a number of app users. The leaked all sorts of private information, meaning it’s available without having to "spoof" the system – a technique that’s been exploited in the past on other dating apps such as Grindr, reports suggest. With minor effort, the team was able to pinpoint dozens of users’ exact locations in both the US and UK.
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