Fake Tinder accounts expose US soldiers abroad

The World

Journalists used fake Tinder profiles to identify and follow the movements of hundreds of soldiers in Europe, including many Americans. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sebastiaan Brommersma, part of a reporting team that exposed security flaws in the dating app, Tinder, for the independent news site Follow The Money.

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