The pandemic and the restrictions that came with it have led to an increase in the popularity of dating apps. For example, the total number of swipes on Tinder increased by 11% last year, with the daily number of swipes surpassing the 3 billion mark for the first time as early as March 2020. This is hardly surprising when you consider that many places where people used to meet and go on dates were shut down repeatedly in 2020 and at the beginning of 2021.
The increased activity on dating apps could be accompanied by increased associated risks for their users. Users may face some of the following threats:
Identification of the user by third parties. Strangers can gain access to a user’s personal data, including their real name and information about where they live, work or This information can then be used for stalking or doxing.
Theft of login credentials.
Some of the most popular scams include asking users to transfer money under various pretexts, asking for “nudes” to be sent which are then used as blackmail in “sextortion scams”, as well as sending links to phishing websites, where users are tricked into entering their bank card details.
Whether a user will fall victim to any of these scams is largely dependent on the security measures that are implemented in the app and the kind of vulnerabilities it has. In 2017, we analyzed nine popular dating apps and reveal ..
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