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Privacy disaster as LGBTQ+ and BDSM dating apps leak private photos. (cybernews.com)
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BDSM, LGBTQ+, and sugar dating apps have been found exposing users' private images, with some of them even leaking photos shared in private messages.

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Anyone who uses Grindr, please be aware that any photos you send are cached and stored unencrypted in plain old folders on the receiver's phone, regardless of whether they were expiring or in an album that you later revoked. It's nearly trivial to grab any photo someone sends you, with no watermark or screenshot notification.