Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 3: Line 3:  
Dating Privacy aims to contribute with data literacy and gaining control over personal information in a secured and ethical manner for end users. <br>
 
Dating Privacy aims to contribute with data literacy and gaining control over personal information in a secured and ethical manner for end users. <br>
   −
My co-founders and I -with some of us being dating app users- have started this collective as a social movement after identifying several privacy risks one is confronted to when looking for a date online: unwanted ads, harms resulting from incorrect profiling and predictions, the possibility of phishing and identity theft. <br>
+
This collective is a social movement we have started after identifying several privacy risks we, as dating app users, are confronted with when looking for a date online: unwanted ads, harms resulting from incorrect profiling and predictions, the possibility of phishing and identity theft. <br>
    
Dating Privacy is a collective formed by members coming from different countries and disciplines (mathematics, sociology, journalism, law, physics) and foreparts (academia, private, independent, citizen NGO). <br>
 
Dating Privacy is a collective formed by members coming from different countries and disciplines (mathematics, sociology, journalism, law, physics) and foreparts (academia, private, independent, citizen NGO). <br>
Line 28: Line 28:     
==Partners==
 
==Partners==
'''Partners:'''[https://personaldata.io personaldata.io] and [https://MyDataVaud.ch MyData Vaud]   <br>
+
'''Partners:'''<br>
 +
[https://personaldata.io personaldata.io]<br> [https://MyDataVaud.ch MyData Vaud] <br> [https://dating-privacy.hestialabs.org/en/blog/interview/jessica-pidoux-dating-apps-are-not-magic-just-maths-code-and-data/ Hestialabs] <br>
    
==Recommended practices==
 
==Recommended practices==
Line 57: Line 58:  
'''Other USERS'''<br>
 
'''Other USERS'''<br>
 
# Scams, phishing, fake profiles. Users are affected by malicious user behaviours so how are dating apps moderating this and protecting users via the analysis of their personal data?<br>
 
# Scams, phishing, fake profiles. Users are affected by malicious user behaviours so how are dating apps moderating this and protecting users via the analysis of their personal data?<br>
 +
# Rape and harassment: when "unmatching" on Tinder, the conversations and the profile are deleted for the victim. The victim loses the data to report, see https://pages.rts.ch/emissions/temps-present/11994345-le-camp-de-la-honte-aux-portes-de-leurope-08-04-2021.html?anchor=12111124#12111124 <br>
    
==Members==
 
==Members==
Line 63: Line 65:  
#Marie-Pierre maps the dating app ecosystem and delves into  dating app patents [[User:Genferei|Genferei]]<br>
 
#Marie-Pierre maps the dating app ecosystem and delves into  dating app patents [[User:Genferei|Genferei]]<br>
 
#Frank has revealed privacy risks on Hinge and is currently being messed around by Hinge, Bumble and Tinder having asked for his data https://bit.ly/2J8mKOo [[User:Frandrews|Frandrews]]<br>
 
#Frank has revealed privacy risks on Hinge and is currently being messed around by Hinge, Bumble and Tinder having asked for his data https://bit.ly/2J8mKOo [[User:Frandrews|Frandrews]]<br>
#[[User:HermineL|HermineL]]<br>
   
#Judith H. digs into regulation policies and howonline dating interacts with collective practices and communities<br>
 
#Judith H. digs into regulation policies and howonline dating interacts with collective practices and communities<br>
   Line 133: Line 134:  
* Wikidata  https://wikidata.org<br>
 
* Wikidata  https://wikidata.org<br>
 
-->[https://w.wiki/tMR list of dating apps available on  wikidata]<br>
 
-->[https://w.wiki/tMR list of dating apps available on  wikidata]<br>
 +
===top charts ===
 +
top charts in France
 +
https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/france/dating?date=2021-04-23
    +
top charts in CH
 +
https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/switzerland/dating?date=2021-04-23
 +
 +
top charts in UK
 +
https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/great-britain/dating?date=2021-04-23
    
* Forum https://forum.personaldata.io<br>
 
* Forum https://forum.personaldata.io<br>
Line 183: Line 192:     
==Media==
 
==Media==
 +
'''2021'''<br>
 +
* June 2021 Apps de rencontre et données personnelles : « c’est un match ! » https://linc.cnil.fr/apps-de-rencontre-et-donnees-personnelles-cest-un-match<br>
 +
*2021, ""Grindr" to be fined almost € 10 Mio over GDPR complaint. The Gay Dating App was illegally sharing sensitive data of millions of users." https://noyb.eu/en/gay-dating-app-grindr-be-fined-almost-eu-10-mio<br>
 +
 +
'''2020'''<br>
 +
*April 2020, "Lesbian, gay and bisexual online daters report positive experiences – but also harassment" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/09/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-online-daters-report-positive-experiences-but-also-harassment/ <br>
 +
*March 2020, "Young women often face sexual harassment online – including on dating sites and apps" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/06/young-women-often-face-sexual-harassment-online-including-on-dating-sites-and-apps/ <br>
 
*June 2020, "Exclusive: Winning bidder for Grindr has ties to Chinese owner" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-sanvicente-exclusive-idUSKBN2391AI <br>
 
*June 2020, "Exclusive: Winning bidder for Grindr has ties to Chinese owner" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-sanvicente-exclusive-idUSKBN2391AI <br>
*2021, ""Grindr" to be fined almost € 10 Mio over GDPR complaint. The Gay Dating App was illegally sharing sensitive data of millions of users." https://noyb.eu/en/gay-dating-app-grindr-be-fined-almost-eu-10-mio<br>
+
*October 2, 2020, Tinder Is the Latest Social Media Battleground in Thai Protests https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/02/tinder-is-the-latest-social-media-battleground-in-thai-protests/<br>
 +
 
 +
*April 6, 2020, Phone tracking is having a moment, but gay dating app Scruff wants no part of it https://www.protocol.com/scruff-rejects-selling-location-data <br>
 +
*Aug 11, 2020, Tinder slammed over mysterious premium pricing, transparency and data use concerns https://mashable.com/article/tinder-plus-different-prices-age-discrimination/?europe=true <br>
 +
 
 +
'''2018'''<br>
 +
* Nov 2018, "John Patterson, l’homme qui inventa la machine à rencontres amoureuses" https://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2018/11/02/john-patterson-l-homme-qui-inventa-la-machine-a-rencontres-amoureuses_5377755_4497186.html<br>
 +
*August 2018, "Selon une étude Sites de rencontre : comment fonctionne la hiérarchie de la «désirabilité» ?" https://www.liberation.fr/sciences/2018/08/22/sites-de-rencontre-comment-fonctionne-la-hierarchie-de-la-desirabilite_1673893/
 +
*Love at first swipe, What happens to your data when you look for love, Lunchtime conference of European Data Protection Supervisor trainees, Brussels, 12 February 2018 https://youtu.be/9XJWtFhtWd8 <br>
 +
 
 +
'''2017'''<br>
 +
*Feb 2017, "Sites de rencontres, des relations (plus) humaines" et les matchmakers https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wC8Ik1RSXf4J:https://www.lenouveleconomiste.fr/dossier-art-de-vivre/sites-de-rencontres-des-relations-plus-humaines-33877 <br>
 +
*April 2017, "Dans le laboratoire de la «fake science» [...] le Danois Emil Kirkegaard, nouvelle coqueluche de l'extrême droite" https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/laboratoire-fake-science<br>
 +
*Live streaming drives growth in chinese dating app momo (2017) https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/09/momo-live-streaming/ <br>
 +
*July 17, 2017, Match Group appoints global head of privacy in Paris https://iapp.org/news/a/match-group-appoints-global-head-of-privacy-in-paris/ <br>
 +
 
 +
'''2016'''<br>
 
*2016, "What Tinder and Halo Have in Common" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/how-tinder-matchmaking-is-like-warcraft/424350/<br>
 
*2016, "What Tinder and Halo Have in Common" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/how-tinder-matchmaking-is-like-warcraft/424350/<br>
 
*Top iOS dating apps are exposing your personal life to hackers https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-dating-apps-exposing-your-personal-life-to-hackers <br>
 
*Top iOS dating apps are exposing your personal life to hackers https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-dating-apps-exposing-your-personal-life-to-hackers <br>
 
*Investidating: why deep photo analysis has become part of online hook-ups https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/tinder-online-dating-apps-photos<br>
 
*Investidating: why deep photo analysis has become part of online hook-ups https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/tinder-online-dating-apps-photos<br>
 
*How algorithms on dating apps are contributing to racism in our love lives https://officialfamemagazine.com/2020/06/28/how-algorithms-on-dating-apps-are-contributing-to-racism-in-our-love-lives/<br>
 
*How algorithms on dating apps are contributing to racism in our love lives https://officialfamemagazine.com/2020/06/28/how-algorithms-on-dating-apps-are-contributing-to-racism-in-our-love-lives/<br>
*April 2017, "Dans le laboratoire de la «fake science» [...] le Danois Emil Kirkegaard, nouvelle coqueluche de l'extrême droite"  https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/laboratoire-fake-science<br>
+
 
*Live streaming drives growth in chinese dating app momo (2017) https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/09/momo-live-streaming/ <br>
+
'''to organize by date'''<br>
 +
*OK Cupid blog archive https://web.archive.org/web/20190212000843if_/https://www.reddit.com/r/gwern/comments/aapn1l/okcupid_blog_archives/<br>
 
*Blinq dating app uses AI to judge hotness https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/blinq-dating-app-uses-ai-to-judge-hotness/<br>
 
*Blinq dating app uses AI to judge hotness https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/blinq-dating-app-uses-ai-to-judge-hotness/<br>
 
*Why we need a dating app that understands Nash’s equilibrium https://hackernoon.com/why-we-need-a-dating-app-that-understands-nashs-equilibrium-2dc4a862b47e <br>
 
*Why we need a dating app that understands Nash’s equilibrium https://hackernoon.com/why-we-need-a-dating-app-that-understands-nashs-equilibrium-2dc4a862b47e <br>
Line 216: Line 249:  
*How To Get A Match, According to Tinder’s Sociologist https://www.fastcompany.com/3062454/how-to-get-a-match-according-to-tinders-sociologist<br>
 
*How To Get A Match, According to Tinder’s Sociologist https://www.fastcompany.com/3062454/how-to-get-a-match-according-to-tinders-sociologist<br>
 
*Intéressant car il existe aussi Pokémon GO Dating "« Pokémon Go » : les multiples facteurs des inégalités géographiques" https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/08/03/pokemon-go-les-multiples-facteurs-des-inegalites-geographiques_4977738_4408996.html<br>
 
*Intéressant car il existe aussi Pokémon GO Dating "« Pokémon Go » : les multiples facteurs des inégalités géographiques" https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/08/03/pokemon-go-les-multiples-facteurs-des-inegalites-geographiques_4977738_4408996.html<br>
*Love at first swipe, What happens to your data when you look for love, Lunchtime conference of European Data Protection Supervisor trainees, Brussels, 12 February 2018 https://youtu.be/9XJWtFhtWd8 <br>
+
 
 
*How I [engineer] Decide Who Gets Banned on OkCupid https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/banned-from-okcupid-sexting-moderation.html<br>
 
*How I [engineer] Decide Who Gets Banned on OkCupid https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/banned-from-okcupid-sexting-moderation.html<br>
 
*OkCupid inferences: The 8 Personalities You’ll Meet When Dating in the U.S. https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-8-personalities-youll-meet-when-dating-in-the-u-s-9d87a5a40274#db60<br>
 
*OkCupid inferences: The 8 Personalities You’ll Meet When Dating in the U.S. https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-8-personalities-youll-meet-when-dating-in-the-u-s-9d87a5a40274#db60<br>
*October 2, 2020, Tinder Is the Latest Social Media Battleground in Thai Protests https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/02/tinder-is-the-latest-social-media-battleground-in-thai-protests/<br>
  −
*July 17, 2017, Match Group appoints global head of privacy in Paris https://iapp.org/news/a/match-group-appoints-global-head-of-privacy-in-paris/ <br>
  −
*April 6, 2020, Phone tracking is having a moment, but gay dating app Scruff wants no part of it https://www.protocol.com/scruff-rejects-selling-location-data <br>
  −
*Aug 11, 2020, Tinder slammed over mysterious premium pricing, transparency and data use concerns https://mashable.com/article/tinder-plus-different-prices-age-discrimination/?europe=true <br>
      
==Studies conducted scrapping dating app profiles==
 
==Studies conducted scrapping dating app profiles==
Line 229: Line 258:  
*John Leuner, a master’s student studying information technology at South Africa's University of Pretoria, attempted to reproduce the aforementioned study. The infamous AI gaydar study was repeated – and, no, code can't tell if you're straight or not just from your face: https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/05/ai_gaydar/ <br>
 
*John Leuner, a master’s student studying information technology at South Africa's University of Pretoria, attempted to reproduce the aforementioned study. The infamous AI gaydar study was repeated – and, no, code can't tell if you're straight or not just from your face: https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/05/ai_gaydar/ <br>
 
*Gareth Tyson, Vasile C. Perta, Hamed Haddadi, Michael C. Seto, A First Look at User Activity on Tinder http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01952<br>
 
*Gareth Tyson, Vasile C. Perta, Hamed Haddadi, Michael C. Seto, A First Look at User Activity on Tinder http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01952<br>
 +
*Charles F. Jekel (cjekel@ufl.edu; cj@jekel.me) and Raphael T. Haftka, CLASSIFYING ONLINE DATING PROFILES ON TINDER USING FACENET FACIAL EMBEDDINGS http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04347<br>
    
==Legal==
 
==Legal==
Line 292: Line 322:  
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (Nov 2019): Families and Generations Survey. Retrieved from https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/enquetes/efg.assetdetail.10467789.html<br>
 
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (Nov 2019): Families and Generations Survey. Retrieved from https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/enquetes/efg.assetdetail.10467789.html<br>
 
INED France (2016) https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/editions/population-et-societes/sites-rencontres-qui-y-trouve-son-conjoint/ <br>
 
INED France (2016) https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/editions/population-et-societes/sites-rencontres-qui-y-trouve-son-conjoint/ <br>
 +
Roughly six-in-ten online daters in the U.S. are concerned about data collection (May 29, 2020) https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/29/roughly-six-in-ten-online-daters-in-the-u-s-are-concerned-about-data-collection/ <br>
    
==Technical references==
 
==Technical references==
Line 308: Line 339:  
'''Digital methods project "Mapping data ecologies of the dating industry'''" https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n-p_efBmkK2v1KGCbHyHb_csmR6D7KN8SX3qron9Cn4/edit<br>
 
'''Digital methods project "Mapping data ecologies of the dating industry'''" https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n-p_efBmkK2v1KGCbHyHb_csmR6D7KN8SX3qron9Cn4/edit<br>
   −
==Tools==
+
==Cooperative & Data Literacy Tools==
 
+
# https://app.quicktype.io/<br>
 +
# https://digitalplatformobservatory.org/lapp-dpo/ <br>
 +
# https://graasp.eu/ <br>
 +
# https://bevigil.com  app metadata, permissions, ...
 
# Tools to sample how many apps are in the Google and Play stores:<br>
 
# Tools to sample how many apps are in the Google and Play stores:<br>
 
"Google Play Store Scraper" is a simple tool to extract the details of individual apps, collect their related apps, retrieve app permissions, and retrieve a list of apps for a given keyword. <br>
 
"Google Play Store Scraper" is a simple tool to extract the details of individual apps, collect their related apps, retrieve app permissions, and retrieve a list of apps for a given keyword. <br>
Bureaucrats, editors, emailconfirmed, Administrators
582

edits

Navigation menu