Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Security
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network ‘void of porn, LGBT, trans’
Radiant Mobile is launching a Christian mobile carrier in the US using non-bypassable network-level porn filtering powered by Israeli cybersecurity firm Allot, with LGBT and trans content also blocked by default. The network is
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage EU’s ‘porn passport’ app shipped with unencrypted passport scans and bypassable biometrics
The EU's new age verification app, intended as a privacy-conscious 'porn passport' for adult content access, was found to have serious security flaws including unencrypted passport scans, improperly deleted biometric data, and bypassable facial
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Analysis Razer AVA is a gaming AI companion in a jar, and yes, people will fall in love with it
Razer's upcoming AVA hologram AI companion device features anime-style characters with an always-on camera and microphone, positioned as a gaming assistant but widely perceived as an AI companionship product with intimacy implications. The article
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News MyLovely.ai data breach allegedly leaks 70,000 explicit user prompts, company says nothing ‘critical’ was exposed
MyLovely.ai, an adult AI companion platform, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing over 106,000 users' email addresses, account details, and approximately 70,000 explicit chat prompts. The company's dismissive response claiming nothing 'critical' was leaked
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News AI companion apps with 150 million downloads shipped with security so bad hackers could read your sexts
A security audit by Oversecured found 14 critical vulnerabilities across 17 AI companion chatbot apps with over 150 million combined downloads, including hardcoded credentials and exposed cloud databases that could allow hackers to access
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News Lovense security flaws allowed user email leaks and account takeovers
Security researcher BobDaHacker publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in Lovense's app that allowed user email addresses to be extracted from usernames in under a second and enabled full account takeovers. The flaws were especially dangerous
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
This article examines the UK's Online Safety Act age verification requirements taking effect July 25, 2025, which will compel porn sites and social media platforms to implement robust ID, facial scanning, or bank card
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News Send nudes! Linq promises safer sexting via encrypted links and image controls
Linq is an upcoming sexting app launching summer 2025 that promises end-to-end encryption, screenshot blocking, AI-powered screen capture detection, and government ID verification to create a more secure platform for sharing intimate content. The
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Roundup Dating appdates (April ’25): Big verification push, massive data leak, apps ‘officially’ stressful, and more
A monthly roundup of dating app news covering Tinder and Bumble's expanded ID verification pushes, a major data leak exposing 1.5 million images from niche LGBTQ+ and kink-focused apps, new research linking dating app
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News ‘Big Tech does not care’: SceneLocker’s data storage for adult content launches in beta
SceneLocker, a new cloud storage service designed specifically for adult content creators, has launched in closed beta after its founders identified a gap in the market caused by mainstream platforms like Google Drive banning
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Roundup Dating appdates (September 2024): Anti-f***boy app, sober dating, Bumble AI, and more
A September 2024 roundup of dating app news covering launches like anti-fuckboy app Better in Person and sober dating app Drybaby, Feeld's financial growth alongside a security vulnerability disclosure, Bumble's upcoming AI features, Russian
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News Alleged BangBros leak contains 12M records, including geolocations and IP addresses
Researchers discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing 12 million records allegedly from BangBros, exposing user IP addresses, geolocations accurate to 11 meters, usernames, and porn performer data. The leak was taken offline after Cybernews
