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POF Was Leaking Users' Hidden Names and Zip Codes

Pof logo 2019 higher resolutionTECH CRUNCH - Dec 23 - The leaking data was not immediately visible to app users, and the data was scrambled to make it difficult to read. But using freely available tools designed to analyze network traffic, the security researcher found it was possible to reveal the information about users as their profiles appeared on his phone. POF has ~150M registered users.

by Zack Whittaker
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Dec 26, 2019 |

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