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Facebook's Privacy Fixes Have Broken Tinder (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the stuck-in-purgatory dept.

Since the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Facebook has been rolling out more security and data privacy updates. "Today, however, the company announced sweeping changes to many of its most prominent APIs, restricting develop access in a number of crucial ways," reports The Verge. "Soon after, Tinder users started noting on Twitter that they had been kicked off the dating app and couldn't log back on, as those who used Facebook Login were caught in an infinite loop that appears to be related to an unknown bug." From the report: The app has been bringing up an error message to booted users, titled Facebook Permissions, stating that users need to provide more Facebook permissions in order to create or use a Tinder account. If users tap "Ask me," which is the only given option, the app requests they log into Facebook once more and the loop starts again. Roderick Hsiao, a senior software engineer at Tinder, tweeted that users could still access the service through its web browser while engineers worked on fixing the mobile client.

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  1. Day of reckoning by DigiShaman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A day of reckoning. We're all going to get our due. Meanwhile, I've got lots of popcorn ready, just need more butter.

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    Life is not for the lazy.
  2. LOL ... Jesus, really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Holy fuck, you use Facebook ... as your login to Tinder ... and when that breaks, you turn to Twitter to bitch about it?

    Why the fuck you would use your Facebook as a login for every other site is beyond me. Sure, it's convenient, but at that point you've decided Facebook should be integrated into every aspect of your life.

    Fuck, there's no hope for humanity. This social media shit has created a world full of fucking morons.

    You idiots deserve what you get.

    1. Re:LOL ... Jesus, really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think Tinder actually REQUIRES Fecebook and pulls photos, etc from your profile.

      LOL ... oh my fucking god, its the goddamned fucking social media apocalypse.

      I'm glad I'm too old and grumpy to give a fuck about any of this social media crap, because that level of stupid is beyond my comprehension.

      So the whole world has lost their collective fucking minds, and bought into the notion that Facebook should be central to your fucking lives? And you fucking morons are OK with this???

      Holy fuck, but humans are fucking stupid.

    2. Re:LOL ... Jesus, really by jareth-0205 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I agree. Losers, the lot of them. Get out of your basements and off your friggin phones and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air with some friends.

      He says, by posting on Slashdot...

  3. Who trusts FB as an authentication provider? by ctilsie242 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know this is dumb, but why are sites trusting FB to do their gatekeeping for them? FB doesn't have any certifications or compliance. They do not sell themselves as this, but other companies use them for this purpose. We don't even know if FB does password hashing.