The 'Donald Daters' Trump Dating App Exposed Its Users' Data

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbdwb3/the-donald-daters-trump-dating-app-exposed-a-load-of-its-users-data

By Joseph Cox and Jason Koebler
Motherboard.vice.com
Oct 15, 2018

"Make America Date Again," the website for the dating app Donald Daters 
reads. The app is marketed towards Donald Trump supporters who may want to 
find like-minded people. On Monday, Fox News reported that "users can chat 
for free when a match is mutual, block any potential liberals that troll 
them and Donald Daters is open to everyone."

The app is open in more ways than one. Fox’s report got picked up by 
various media outlets around the country. Shortly thereafter, a security 
researcher discovered the app is exposing user information in an open 
database, including biographical details such as names and profile photos, 
but also potentially tokens for logging into peoples' accounts and private 
messages.

"This is super easy to replicate," Baptiste Robert, the security 
researcher who discovered the issue, and who also goes by the handle 
Elliot Alderson, told Motherboard in an online chat.

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