A WIRED investigation has found that some of the most popular dating apps in the U.K. are leaking personal information. "During testing, four of the free apps exposed customer information by not fully securing data sent from the app's owners to customers' phones," the report states. "These were Happn, Hookup Now, AnastasiaDate, and AffairD. The analysis also highlighted the amount of personal data being collected by MeetMe and specific location data being gathered by Once." The investigation was conducted with the help of an American security researcher who wished to remain anonymous. "It is pretty clear some of the apps have significant consumer privacy issues," the researcher said. "I don't think any of these apps have bad intentions but some of them have negligent security practices that would allow an attacker or a person who has bad intentions to find out information about users the app doesn't intend."
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