Lebanon: Mobiles and phone apps used to entrap LGBTI

In Lebanon police have intensified their campaign against LGBTI people by using arrestees’ mobile phones to try to entrap other allegedly gay men, according to Helem, Lebanon’s LGBTQI advocacy organisation. Meanwhile sources claim Egyptian cops have used popular dating app Grindr to arrest gay and lesbian community members.  A reported security flaw compromises users' security by revealing their GPS location.