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This was made possible by [[trilateration]], since Grindr has made the distance information without restriction available.
A proof of concept has been published and more than 2 million detections were performed within a few days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grindrmap.neocities.org/ |title=GrindrMap |accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref><br />
Only after massive public protest from the LGBT community and the appearance of reports that the Egyptian police uses Grindr to hunt gaysgay people,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cairoscene.com/ViewArticle.aspx?AId=13967 |title=EGYPTIAN COPS USING GRINDR TO HUNT GAYS |date=August 31, 2014 |accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref> Grindr has responded and globally disabled distance display.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mowlabocus |first=Sharif |newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/08/grindrs-locator-glitch-was-a-major-fail-it-revealed-the-companys-lack-of-empathy-for-its-gay-users/ |title=Grindr’s locator ‘glitch’ was a major fail. It revealed the company’s lack of empathy for its gay users. |date=September 8, 2014 |accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref>
 
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