by David Evans | Dating Safety, Dating Site Technology
The recent spate of dating site hack attacks shows no signs up letting up anytime soon. From Krebs on Security’s eHarmony Hacked, which done a nice job covering the recent dating site hacks: Online dating giant eHarmony has begun urging many users to change...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Mobile Dating
Over the years we’ve seen a number of “check-in” services offering daters an easy way (sometimes) to set an alert and ensures someone is notified if a date goes south. Bluelight is a free iPhone app that notifies friends and family when a user...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
According to Epicenter at Wired.com , RIP international Craigslist adult services listings. Looks like the weird and colorful mw4t, ww4m and wm4w lists are still around. Half-measures indeed? Internet sites should do a lot more to keep women and children safe from...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Profiles & Matching
New York Times says New Online-Date Detectives Can Unmask Mr. or Ms. Wrong. There are hundreds of background check companies that offer services directly to singles. They all think they can make money in the dating market. Truth is, except for one or two companies...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Dating Sites & Startups
Stats Appeal: Data mining as marketing. Great to see OKCupid still getting mainstream media exposure. Who else is digging this deep and publishing the findings, anyone? eVow Pricing. Compete says the new serious dating subscription site from Plentyoffish is getting...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Taking a page out of the Foursquare playbook, Plerts allows users to privately tap into their social graph when they need extra peace of mind. You select those individuals beforehand, and they agree to be part of your alerting system. If you are in danger or miss a...