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OKCupid app, Crazy Blind Date, peeks into your privates

by Lisa Vaas on January 18, 2013 | 5 Comments
OKCupid blind-date app, Crazy Blind Date, peeks into your privates

A bug in OKCupid's recently released Crazy Blind Date application allowed complete strangers to paw at users' data.

Man pretends to be woman on internet, recovers lost phone in double-quick time

by Paul Ducklin on January 7, 2013 | 7 Comments
Man pretends to be woman on internet, recovers lost phone in double-quick time

How far would you go to recover a mobile phone you'd left in a taxi?

New York trombonist Nadav Nirenberg went further than most...

Sexy young women entice the unwary in Yahoo dating scam

by Paul Baccas on August 1, 2012 | 11 Comments
Sexy young women entice the unwary in Yahoo dating scam

Ladonna, Lekisha, Solange, Maggie, Lorri, Clorinda, Estefana, the list goes on..

I'd like to thank all of you for your kind (unsolicited) offers to start a relationship.

Users of dating website eHarmony told their passwords have been stolen

by Graham Cluley on June 7, 2012 | 4 Comments
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Over a million users of an online dating website are told that their password has been compromised by hackers.

Cyber romance scams cost US victims $50 million in 2011

by Lisa Vaas on May 17, 2012 | 9 Comments
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Who doesn't love a good romance story? Oh, probably those who have ended up losing out on a lot of money.

Online dating and your privacy: Is it a doomed relationship?

by Lisa Vaas on February 14, 2012 | 5 Comments
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On this Valentine's Day, we find that it is increasingly difficult to be both lovelorn and discreet.