Swipe Left for Identity Theft: An Analysis of User Data Privacy Risks on Location-based Dating Apps
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Black Hat USA 2024 · Day 1 · Briefing
This talk, "Swipe Left for Identity Theft: An Analysis of User Data Privacy Risks on Location-based Dating Apps," delves into the critical privacy vulnerabilities inherent in popular location-based dating applications. Presented at Black Hat USA, the research uncovers how these widely used platforms expose sensitive user data, both intentionally through their user interfaces and inadvertently through their underlying APIs. The speakers, whose names are listed as Unknown in the conference metadata but included a presenter referred to as Carol during the talk, highlight the alarming potential for this data exposure to facilitate a range of malicious activities, from social engineering and identity theft to physical stalking and even nation-state surveillance.