Mere hours after Fox News revealed the existence of a new Trump-centric dating app, a security researcher has apparently uncovered evidence that \u201cDonald Daters\u201d is leaking sensitive user information online.<\/b>
\nMere hours after Fox News revealed the existence of a new Trump-centric dating app, a security researcher has apparently uncovered evidence that \u201cDonald Daters\u201d is leaking sensitive user information online.
The app, whose obvious tagline is \u201cMake America Date Again,\u201d is reportedly dumping photos and biographical information about its users into a publicly accessible database\u2014and may even be leaking authentication tokens, which could grant full access to a person\u2019s account, including their private messages.
Motherboard first reported the data exposure citing a tip from security researcher Baptiste Robert, who is also known by the handle Elliot Alderson. Motherboard\u2019s reporters verified the exposure by creating their own Donald Daters profile and then finding their information in a misconfigured database online.
The database also reportedly included what appeared to be private messages, though Motherboard was unable to verify if they were real. The reporters were likewise unable to test the apparently leaked login tokens, as doing so would violate federal law.
Motherboard said after testing the app that it seemed \u201cbarely functional,\u201d with it being unable apparently to locate a single user in New York City identifying as a woman. Various options within the app are said to be on the fritz. (Gizmodo has not itself tested that app, but commends Motherboard for taking the plunge.)
In a statement to Fox News, Donald Daters CEO Emily Moreno said that many Trump supporters having found dating \u201cnearly impossible\u201d thanks to \u201cliberal intolerance.\u201d
\u201cSupport for the president has become a dealbreaker instead of an icebreaker,\u201d she said, explaining the platform was created so that Trump supporters could \u201cmeet people without being afraid of talking politics.\u201d
We\u2019ve reached out to Donald Daters for comment and will update if the company responds.
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