Exposing gay
Jack'd gay dating app exposes millions of private photos
Technology reporter
A security flaw in queer dating app Jack'd left private intimate photos publicly exposed on the internet.
Anyone with a web browser who knew where to glance could access millions of private photos, even if they did not possess a Jack'd account.
Researcher Oliver Hough told BBC News he had reported the flaw to Jack'd a year ago.
The company has not responded to a request for comment, but it appeared to implement a fix on Thursday.
News site The Register first reported the flaw on 5 February, even though it had not been fixed at the time, in order to alert the app's users.
Jack'd has been downloaded more than five million times on the Google Compete app store.
It lets members add "private" photos to their profile, which should be visible to only specific people they have chosen to share them with.
However, Mr Hough found that all the photos distributed in the app were uploaded to the same reveal web server, disappearing them exposed.
BBC News saw evidence that private photos were still publicly on hand
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