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		<title>Tinder’s catfish detector is now available in the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[ad_1] Meeting someone you connected with online can be awkward. It’s even worse when that person looks nothing like their photos. Tinder’s Photo Verification feature prompts a user to pose for two real-time selfies and uses AI to compare them with their existing pictures. If it’s a match, they get a blue checkmark on their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Meeting someone you connected with online can be awkward. It’s even worse when that person looks nothing like their photos. Tinder’s <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-23-tinder-photo-verification.html">Photo Verification</a> feature prompts a user to pose for two real-time selfies and uses AI to compare them with their existing pictures. If it’s a match, they get a blue checkmark on their profile, which should provide some level of assurance that the person isn’t a catfish. The feature has been available in select US markets since January, but starting today, it’s rolling out across the UK, too.</p>
<p>To verify your profile, tap the profile icon, and then tap the gray checkmark next to your name and age. Select “Verify your profile” and you’ll be shown a pose to copy. Take a selfie and submit it for review. You’ll have to take photos in two different poses to earn that blue checkmark. While the feature currently uses a combination of human labor and AI to match the photos, Tinder hopes AI will be able to handle the entire workflow in the future.</p>
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		<title>Airbnb and Bumble push virtual first dates to stay relevant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 13:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[ad_1] The partners are encouraging users to, for instance, take a virtual wine class together, visit an Amsterdam jazz club, join a tarot reading, learn about coffee from a professional taster in Colombia and more. Of course, since these are public experiences, other people may join your date, but you can request private bookings. To [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>The partners are encouraging users to, for instance, take a virtual wine class together, visit an Amsterdam jazz club, join a tarot reading, learn about coffee from a professional taster in Colombia and more. Of course, since these are public experiences, other people may join your date, but you can request private bookings.</p>
<p>To celebrate this new offering, Bumble is sponsoring a contest where 100 Bumble users will be selected to go on virtual first dates through Airbnb’s online experiences. New and existing Bumble users can sign up through the app until May 28th.</p>
<p>The collaboration feels a bit desperate, but given the state of the world, it’s not surprising that Airbnb and Bumble are working together to remain useful. And at the very least, this might give users something to talk about, other than how they’ve been handling quarantine.</p>
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		<title>Match.com’s Date Check-In sends an SOS to friends in case of creeps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[ad_1] Match.com stresses that you should call 911 if you feel unsafe, but Date Check-In could be a good option for when a date acts creepy or strange, but not outright dangerous. Match Group &#8212; Match.com&#8217;s owner &#8212; also owns dating sites OkCupid, Tinder, Hinge, eHarmony and Plenty of Fish. However, Date Check-In is exclusive [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Match.com stresses that you should call 911 if you feel unsafe, but Date Check-In could be a good option for when a date acts creepy or strange, but not outright dangerous. Match Group &#8212; Match.com&#8217;s owner &#8212; also owns dating sites <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-14-study-finds-grindr-okcupid-tinder-spreading-sensitive-data.html">OkCupid</a>, Tinder, Hinge, eHarmony and Plenty of Fish. However, Date Check-In is exclusive to Match.com. Other Match Group apps have received other safety features recently, including Tinder&#8217;s photo verifications and integration with personal safety app Noonlight.</p>
<p>Such safety features seem to be much needed ones, so hopefully other popular dating apps will receive similar updates. In December, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tinder-lets-known-sex-offenders-use-the-app-its-not-the-only-one"><em>ProPublica</em></a> reported that while Match.com does screen for sexual predators, Match Group&#8217;s other offerings do not, making it easier for criminals to find new victims.</p>
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