IBM Security analyzed 41 popular dating apps and found that 63% have medium to severe security vulnerabilities, jeopardizing user privacy. Additionally, many apps access sensitive user information, including billing details and GPS location data. Approximately 31 million Americans have used a dating app, with a significant increase in online-dating relationships.

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Security wanted to get to the heart of understanding what makes dating
apps tick, so our researchers analyzed 41 of the most popular dating apps. They
found that 63% of them have medium to severe security vulnerabilities,
putting the privacy of their users at risk.
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*Pew Research, www.pewinternet.org/2013/10/21/online-dating-relationships/
49%of popular
dating apps
have access to
a user’s billing
information
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73%of popular
dating apps
have access
to current
and past
GPS location
information
50%of companies
have employees
who
use
dating
apps on
work devices
34%of popular
dating apps
have access
to a user’s
camera
One in 10 Americans, or
roughly 31 million people
have used a dating site or
app, and the number of
people who dated
someone they met
online grew
to 66%.*