April 27, 2016

How one man became the perfect match for 30,000 women on OKCupid

Here's the story of how to turn online dating into a factory whose output consists of churning out soulmates by the tens of thousands.

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April 20, 2016

You have to use your real name to sue Ashley Madison over breach

No "John Doe" plaintiffs are allowed in the class-action suit over doxxed sexual fantasies and cheaters dragged out of the closet.

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March 07, 2016

Match.com rapist jailed for life

A UK man who sexually attacked seven women he met through the dating site must serve 12.5 years before being considered for parole.

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February 05, 2016

What I learned about online privacy when I signed up to Ashley Madison

If you want to pursue consensual affairs, that's your business. But if you want privacy and discretion while you're doing it, Ashley Madison is probably not the place for you.

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December 23, 2015

Grindr being used to target and rob gay men

Two men arranged a date through Grindr and were robbed at knife-point by a gang of four men at the agreed meeting spot.

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December 16, 2015

HIV dating app leaks sensitive user data, threatens infection when alerted

Hzone threatened to infect the admin for a site that planned to write about its week-long spillage of a laundry list's worth of PII.

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October 29, 2015

5 tips for safer online dating

Lots of people use dating services to meet someone online, but dating scams cost victims millions each year. We offer 5 tips to help keep trolls, stalkers and scammers away.

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August 21, 2015

Ashley Madison hackers keep on going, post even BIGGER trove of data

The hackers behind the massive breach of user data from AshleyMadison.com posted another dump of data from the cheaters' dating site, even larger than the one earlier this week.

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August 19, 2015

Ashley Madison hackers follow through on threat, dump user database online

The 9.7 GB dump contains names, emails, addresses, sexual preferences and credit card transactions of 37 million members.

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