Grindr was sharing users' location and HIV status with third parties

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonApr 3, 2018, 4:34 am108 pts
Last week there was an outcry after it was revealed that it was relatively simple to determine the location of Grindr users because of a security flaw. The company has now also admitted that it shared information from users' profiles with third parties -- specifically the analytics companies Apptimize and…

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