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For example dating app can require background security check in order to register and use the app. Sounds like a good business idea. Somebody do it....I have ot

For example dating app can require background security check in order to register and use the app. Sounds like a good business idea. Somebody do it....I have other ideas that I work on.

sn0wf1re 4y ago
Wouldn't that just lead to a false sense of security? Surely the background check would not be 100% at preventing bad actors.
- danrocks 4y ago
  Worse: may lead to liability as well. "but Tinder said it was secure due to bg checks!"
  - gowld 4y ago
    You mean like they already do? https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free-background-checks-to-two-more-dating-apps/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free...
- mrkramer 4y ago
  I'm just throwing ideas around but I thought about it for some time; with background security checks you could create a dating app or shall I see dating environment for upper-class "elite" people to date, something like European aristocracy did back in the day. For example on top of checking their background for criminal past you could also check their ancestry, their monthly income, their wealth etc. or in another words their social status/class. I like to play video games and every time when I think about software ideas I tend to compare them to video games and dating apps remind me of Crusader Kings or something like that.
gowld 4y ago
They do. https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free-background-checks-to-two-more-dating-apps/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free...
- kennyloginz 4y ago
  Interesting. Sounds like they have implemented it in the worse possible way. ( for the consumer ). The user is charged to request a background check, requiring the name, phone number, and sometimes more info. Sounds like it would be easy to scam, and let’s match blame the victims who didn’t pay for the service.
sneak 4y ago
Given that the dating app is being used for kidnapping, providing strong identity information to it is the last thing I would be willing to do.
- mrkramer 4y ago
  Company which operates the app is not conducting kidnappings, the users are.

For example dating app can require background security check in order to register and use the app. Sounds like a good business idea. Somebody do it....I have other ideas that I work on.

sn0wf1re 4y ago

Wouldn't that just lead to a false sense of security? Surely the background check would not be 100% at preventing bad actors.

danrocks 4y ago
Worse: may lead to liability as well. "but Tinder said it was secure due to bg checks!"
- gowld 4y ago
  You mean like they already do? https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free-background-checks-to-two-more-dating-apps/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free...
mrkramer 4y ago
I'm just throwing ideas around but I thought about it for some time; with background security checks you could create a dating app or shall I see dating environment for upper-class "elite" people to date, something like European aristocracy did back in the day. For example on top of checking their background for criminal past you could also check their ancestry, their monthly income, their wealth etc. or in another words their social status/class. I like to play video games and every time when I think about software ideas I tend to compare them to video games and dating apps remind me of Crusader Kings or something like that.

gowld 4y ago

They do. https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free-background-checks-to-two-more-dating-apps/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/match-expands-tinders-free...

kennyloginz 4y ago
Interesting. Sounds like they have implemented it in the worse possible way. ( for the consumer ). The user is charged to request a background check, requiring the name, phone number, and sometimes more info. Sounds like it would be easy to scam, and let’s match blame the victims who didn’t pay for the service.

sneak 4y ago

Given that the dating app is being used for kidnapping, providing strong identity information to it is the last thing I would be willing to do.

mrkramer 4y ago
Company which operates the app is not conducting kidnappings, the users are.