Category Archives: Dating Apps

Belgian researchers found a huge privacy hole in six dating apps

Belgian researchers found a huge privacy hole in six dating apps Some of the apps have taken steps to close “trilateration” efforts that could violate users’ privacy. danny gallagher Updated Thu, Aug 1, 2024   NurPhoto via Getty Images TechCrunch reported that a group of researchers from the university KU Leuven in Belgium identified six … Continue reading Belgian researchers found a huge privacy hole in six dating apps

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope

April 29, 2024 Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope A pair of studies in 2004 and 2005 showed people prefer receiving negative attention over being ignored entirely. BY The Conversation Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being … Continue reading Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope

Discord bans teen dating servers and the sharing of AI-generated CSAM

Discord (still) has a child safety issue   Steve Dent   @stevetdent A new report has revealed alarming statistics about Discord’s issues with child safety. Over the past six years, NBC News identified 35 cases of adults being prosecuted on charges of “kidnapping, grooming or sexual assault” that allegedly involved Discord communication. At least 15 … Continue reading Discord bans teen dating servers and the sharing of AI-generated CSAM