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I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a security researcher)

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561 points bearsyankees | 1 comments | 12 May 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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nixpulvis ◴[12 May 25 17:50 UTC] No.43965715[source]▶
People need to be forced to think twice before taking in such sensitive information as a passport or even just addresses. This sort of thing cannot be allowed to be brushed off as just a bunch of kids making an app.
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VBprogrammer ◴[12 May 25 18:57 UTC] No.43966383[source]▶
The UK government are trying really hard to mandate IDs for access to porn sites. Can't wait for that to blow up in their faces.
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1. pixl97 ◴[12 May 25 19:43 UTC] No.43966783[source]▶
"They" don't care, the entire point of many of these laws is to increase the friction and fear of being disclosed that you don't visit these sites in the first place.