{"id":78065,"date":"2019-02-06T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T19:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-hook-up-app-jackd-has-bug-that-allows-anyone-to-view-and-download-your-private-photos\/"},"modified":"2019-02-06T14:25:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T19:25:53","slug":"gay-hook-up-app-jackd-has-bug-that-allows-anyone-to-view-and-download-your-private-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-hook-up-app-jackd-has-bug-that-allows-anyone-to-view-and-download-your-private-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Hook-Up App Jack\u2019d Has Bug That Allows Anyone To View And Download Your Private Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gay Hook-Up App Jack\u2019d Has Bug That Allows Anyone To View And Download Your Private Photos<\/b><\/p>\n

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A data bug in the gay<\/a> hook-up app Jack\u2019d allows anyone to download your private photos.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0the<\/a> Register<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported on Tuesday, anyone with a web browser who knows where to look can access any Jack\u2019d user\u2019s photos, \u201cbe they private or public \u2013 all without authentication or even the need to sign in to the app. Nor are there any limits in place: anyone can download the entire image database for whatever mischief they want to get into, be it blackmail or outing somebody in a country where homosexuality is illegal and\/or gays<\/a> are harassed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The phone application, installed more than 110,000 times on Android devices and also available for iOS, lets primarily gay<\/a> and bi<\/a> men<\/a> chat<\/a> each other up, exchange private and public pics, and arrange to meet.<\/p>\n

The Register <\/em>says that makers of the app have known about the security concerns for more than three months.<\/p>\n

Researcher Oliver Hough<\/a>, who said he found and reported the security shortcoming to the Jack\u2019d team, demonstrated to\u00a0The Register<\/em>\u00a0how the programming bug can be exploited.<\/p>\n

Hough said \u201cThe app should place strict access restrictions on which images should be viewable, so that if one user allows another user to see a sext pic, only the receiver should be allowed to see it. Instead, it is possible to see everyone\u2019s naked<\/a> selfies, to be frank.\u201d<\/p>\n

A query to Jack\u2019d was not returned by press time.<\/p>\n

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