Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Dating Apps
Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
45 entries in this thread.
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Review Kinkoo review: A dating app that promises kink, but mostly delivers spammers
A hands-on review of Kinkoo, a BDSM and kink-focused dating app, examining its features, design, filtering options, and pricing. The review highlights significant problems with spam, scammers, and sex workers soliciting on the platform,
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News Monet’s doodle-based dating app looks to draw a more wholesome dating scene
Monet, a doodle-based dating app created by University of Pennsylvania students, is gaining traction with Gen Z users by replacing photos and generic messages with hand-drawn pictures. The app has cultivated a notably different
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Review Once dating review: Glitchy, money-focused and a bit superficial
A critical review of the Once dating app, which offers one daily match based on photo ratings and an in-app currency system called 'Crowns'. The review evaluates its core features, monetization strategy, and user
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News Mozilla says most dating apps don’t meet even minimum security standards
Mozilla Foundation's 2021 Privacy Not Included report reveals that 21 of 24 dating apps and half of 26 smart sex toys examined fail to meet minimum security standards, exposing widespread data privacy failures across
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Review Happn review: Location-based dating turns near-misses into matches
A hands-on review of Happn, a location-based dating app that matches users with people they've physically crossed paths with. The review evaluates the app's unique features like CrushTime, messaging capabilities, profile options, filtering, and
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Roundup 4 of the best kink and fetish-friendly apps and communities
The article reviews four kink and fetish-friendly dating apps and communities — FetLife, GFet, Whiplr, and Fantasy Match — from the personal perspective of a user seeking a Dom/Sub arrangement. It evaluates each platform's
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News Japan’s putting $19M into AI dating to stem population decline
Japan's government is allocating $19 million to expand AI-powered matchmaking services in an effort to reverse its rapidly declining birth rate, which is projected to halve the population by 2100. The initiative aims to
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Review Jigsaw dating review: Not enough users on this blind date app
A hands-on review of Jigsaw Dating, a blind date app that obscures profile photos with puzzle pieces until users exchange messages. The review concludes that while the concept is novel, the app is undermined
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News Women with anxiety and depression are more likely to use dating apps than men
A peer-reviewed study in CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking found that women with social anxiety and depression are more likely than men with the same conditions to use dating apps for connection, casual sex,
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Opinion ‘We’re not all cam performers’: The challenges and benefits of taking polyamory virtual in 2020
A first-person account from a polyamorous person navigating digital intimacy during COVID-19 lockdown, exploring the practical challenges and unexpected benefits of maintaining and forming multiple relationships entirely online. The piece evaluates specific apps and
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Review OKCupid review: A busy UI for an established app with huge userbase
A hands-on review of OKCupid's dating app for Android and iOS, examining its compatibility matching system, busy interface, filtering options, and premium pricing tiers. The review draws on both the primary reviewer's experience and
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage MeetMe adds AI-powered 3D photo verification to stop you using fake dating photos
Meet Group has partnered with FaceTec to introduce AI-powered 3D photo verification on MeetMe, hi5, and Tagged, allowing the system to confirm user identity and estimate age by comparing live selfie scans to profile
