Like many things, scams fall in and out of fashion. A current trend is to scam people through dating apps, including Tinder and Bumble. A lot of people started signing up for sites at the start of the pandemic and there was a resulting boom in online romance scams – although the numbers had been …
Tinder and its parent company Match Group have recently had a lawsuit filed against them. The plaintiffs argue that app is practicing age-related discrimination and deliberately manipulates the site’s algorithm to favor people who have subscriptions. Whilst it is understandable that Tinder would want to offer paying users the best possible experience to incentivize others …
Those of you who have been following me for a while know that I wrote an article about a year ago about the Google Play Store ignoring fake reviews. It can still be found here. Back then I stated that while I was 100% sure similar behavior exists on the Apple App Store as well …
Online romance scams have been around for as long as online dating itself. People see an opportunity to exploit someone and promptly take it. But we’re now discovering that there’s a new type of online dating scam, specifically involving cryptocurrency. Various forms of cryptocurrency have been around for years. Tech bros, entrepreneurs and other people have …
In today’s technology-driven world, we’re all aware that our data is used and sold freely. A search on Google Maps will affect the adverts you’re shown on Facebook, and accessing a gay dating site may well ‘out’ you, as LGBT+ content is suddenly all over your phone, whether you want it or not. Cookies collect …
Whilst there are many fun and useful things to admire about modern technology, people are also becoming acutely aware that convenience has a secret cost. We give our phones a lot of information, but we don’t really know who’s monitoring it or what they’re doing with our data. A couple of examples: supremely daft game …
Grindr is currently being sued by a boy for failing to protect him from statutory rape and sexual assault. The child was 14 when he met Dr Aaron Weinreb and they engaged in sexual activities. Eventually, the situation was reported to the FBI who posed as the child and discussed his age and pretended to …
An intriguing controversy is brewing in the land of app stores that is blending into the online dating community. This controversy, perhaps unsurprisingly, deals with COVID-19 and misinformation. However, beyond that, it sheds light into the amount of power that companies like Apple and Google wield in terms of providing access to smartphone apps. The …
People found strange ways to amuse themselves during the lockdowns. TikTok became huge. Bo Burnham had a strange breakdown, put it to music and added some surprisingly good visuals. Taylor Swift wrote two albums. Everyone decided to eat healthily, promptly forgot, then made banana bread instead. And a lot of people got into online dating. …
Twitter bots on the internet are nothing new. Dating apps are full of them, social media sites have been struggling with this problem for years, and overall people have gotten quite good at detecting and ignoring bots. They mostly appear as background noise to anyone browsing their news feed or social media reel nowadays. For …