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with your daily crunch for Thursday starting with three big headlines. A group of

researchers said they found that vulnerabilities in the design of some dating apps,

including the popular Bumble and Hinge, allowed malicious users or stalkers to pinpoint the location of their victims down to two meters.

In a new academic paper researchers from the Belgian University, KU Louvin detailed their findings

when they analyzed 15 popular dating apps.

Of those Badu, Bumble, Grinder, Happen, Hinge, and Hilli all had the same vulnerability that could have helped a malicious

user to identify the near exact location of another user,

according to the researchers. While neither of those apps share exact locations,

when displaying the distance between users on their profiles, they did use exact locations for the

filters feature of the apps.

Generally speaking, by using filters, users can tailor their search for a partner

based on criteria like age, height, what type of relationship

they're looking for, how much they're into the Night Writers series, whether they think

Miami Vice is the greatest show of all time

and crucially,

Distance.

Bumbled Vice President of Global Communications

said that the company was made aware of these findings

in early 2023 and swiftly resolve the issues outlined.

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