Jack’d ( gay dating app) exposed millions of nude photos
Popular gay hookup and dating app Jack’d is facing scrutiny after a security glitch exposed millions of private photos.
Users of the app, which has been downloaded more than five million times on the Google Play app store, can upload photos which they can share discreetly with select matches.
However, mortified users got the shock of their lives when they learned that their private photos were available to anyone with access to the internet.
It lets members add ‘private, photos to their profile, which should be visible to only specific people they have chosen to share them with.
Researcher Oliver Hough told BBC News he had reported the flaw to Jack’d a year ago.
However, Mr Hough found that all the photos shared in the app were uploaded to the same open web server, leaving them exposed.
BBC News saw evidence that private photos were still publicly available on the web server as of Thursday morning.