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A shameful security flaw could have let anyone access your Grindr account – The Verge

If you put an email address into Grindr’s password reset form, it would send a message back to your web browser with the key you need to reset the password buri…

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Just astoundingly bad
You would think a dating app that knows your sexuality and HIV status would take thorough precautions to keep that info protected, but Grindr has disappointed the world once again this time, with a gobsmackingly egregious security vulnerability that could have let literally anyone who could guess your email address into your user account.
Luckily, French security researcher Wassime Bouimadaghene discovered the vulnerability, perhaps before it could be exploited, and its n…

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