The Grindr application shares with third parties private data of its users
GAYLES.TV.- Grindr has shared with third parties and without informing their users personal information such as age, phone number, location GPS, email and even if they have HIV or the date of the last test. According to the portal BuzzFeed News These data were transmitted without encryption, which makes them vulnerable to hackers.
The Norwegian organization Sintef detected this transmission of information from Grindr to the firms Apptimize y Localytics, dedicated to the optimization of applications. According Sintef The data that the users of this app choose to disseminate on their profile has been shared. «HIV status it is linked to all other information. That is the main problem »Said Antoine Pultier, researcher of Sintef. Cooper Quintin, of the organization's security research and technology team Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that «it's a particularly bad practice that can put the user's safety at risk«. The spokesperson for people with AIDS ACT UP New York, James Krellenstein, qualify this fact as «an extremely flagrant violation of the basic standards that would be expected of a company promoting itself as an advocate for the gay community.
Yesterday Grindr issued a statement arguing the reasons why he shared this information with these companies, always for profit. Hours later he said he would stop revealing this information with third parties.
Sources: La Voz de Galicia, Urbantecno, BuzzFeed News
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