#Kink and #LGBT dating apps #exposed 1.5m private user images online

"Researchers have discovered nearly 1.5 million pictures from specialist dating apps – many of which are explicit – being stored online without password protection, leaving them #vulnerable to hackers and #extortionists.

Anyone with the link was able to view the private photos from five platforms developed by M.A.D Mobile: kink sites #BDSM People and Chica, and LGBT apps Pink, Brish and Translove."
bbc.com/news/articles/c05m5m5v…

Dating apps for kink and LGBT communities expose 1.5m private user images online

The often-explicit pictures are being stored without password protection, leaving them vulnerable to a hack.

^{Joe Tidy (BBC News)}