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I'm personally thinking it's sad such resources and effort are expended over something as frivolous as a dating app. If there are significant irregularities it'

I'm personally thinking it's sad such resources and effort are expended over something as frivolous as a dating app. If there are significant irregularities it's better to just fine them a couple of billion later. Better for the wallet, too.

Xylakant 7y ago
When Ashley Madison leaked their entire dataset, not only marriages were in peril, but some people did fear for their lives: LGBQT+ people from states that prosecute people for sexual orientations that deviate from cis. And even in Germany, I could see that some closeted people would feel threatened by having their sexual orientation exposed by a leak. Dating apps handle data related to what many regard one of the most intimate parts of our identities. You and me, we might not care if our dating habits were exposed, but other people do. So dating apps needs to show that they're up to par.
cstross 7y ago
Not better for anyone who ends up being stalked and/or raped as a result of a badly monitored/regulated dating app, though. There's a public safety issue here: dating requires interpersonal negotiation for personal intimacy with consent, which in turn implies that a dating app needs to be "safe space". Facebook is notorious for leaking personal information to third parties (typically but not always advertisers). I have no knowledge of specific risks associated with Facebook's dating app, but the precautionary principle should apply in those cases where personal safety is at risk, and the sheer scale on which Facebook operates means that a dating app backed by the big F needs oversight. Luckily, GDPR FTW.
flamtap 7y ago
Isn't that what they've been accustomed to all this time?
CathedralBorrow 7y ago
Why is a dating app frivolous?
johannes1234321 7y ago
It's not good for a lawful state to ignore law and try to get fines afterwards. The role of the state is not that of a profit center, but for upholding the law.

Xylakant 7y ago

When Ashley Madison leaked their entire dataset, not only marriages were in peril, but some people did fear for their lives: LGBQT+ people from states that prosecute people for sexual orientations that deviate from cis. And even in Germany, I could see that some closeted people would feel threatened by having their sexual orientation exposed by a leak. Dating apps handle data related to what many regard one of the most intimate parts of our identities. You and me, we might not care if our dating habits were exposed, but other people do. So dating apps needs to show that they're up to par.

cstross 7y ago

Not better for anyone who ends up being stalked and/or raped as a result of a badly monitored/regulated dating app, though. There's a public safety issue here: dating requires interpersonal negotiation for personal intimacy with consent, which in turn implies that a dating app needs to be "safe space". Facebook is notorious for leaking personal information to third parties (typically but not always advertisers). I have no knowledge of specific risks associated with Facebook's dating app, but the precautionary principle should apply in those cases where personal safety is at risk, and the sheer scale on which Facebook operates means that a dating app backed by the big F needs oversight. Luckily, GDPR FTW.

flamtap 7y ago

Isn't that what they've been accustomed to all this time?

CathedralBorrow 7y ago

Why is a dating app frivolous?

johannes1234321 7y ago

It's not good for a lawful state to ignore law and try to get fines afterwards. The role of the state is not that of a profit center, but for upholding the law.