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Photo by Alex Nemo Hanse on Unsplash Looks like Jack’d is finally letting someone else take the reins after it leaked users’ private pictures for a full year. After losing major trust from internet users and its majority gay/bisexual men of color userbase, Jack’d has been bought out by another dating app. Scruff has agreed to buy the now defamed app after its large data breach scandal and neglectful response. That said, Jack’d will still operate as an independent app, according to...

Photo by Alex Nemo Hanse on Unsplash Looks like Jack’d is finally letting someone else take the reins after it leaked users’ private pictures for a full year. After losing major trust from internet users and its majority gay/bisexual men of color userbase, Jack’d has been bought out by another dating app. Scruff has agreed to buy the now defamed app after its large data breach scandal and neglectful response. That said, Jack’d will still operate as an independent app, according to...

Gay dating app Scruff has agreed to buy embattled app Jack’d following a data breach scandal that leaked thousands of private photos of users. Jack’d will still pay a $240,000 settlement fine as part of damage control for the data breach. The app claims to have over five million users worldwide. It will also continue to operate as an independent app, separate from the more popular Scruff app, according to parent company Perry Street Software. “This acquisition will provide Jack’d members...

Scruff, one of the most popular gay hookup apps, announced today that it will buy competing app, Jack’d, for an undisclosed amount. Combined, the two apps will have approximately 20 million users. Scruff’s parent company, Perry Street Software, is promising major updates to Jack’d and says both apps will continue to operate separately. Approximately 50 percent of Jack’d users are in Asia, giving the company a foothold in that market. The company is also promising some major updates for Jack’d, which...

The dating app Jack’d has just agreed to fork over $240,000 in damages and make substantial security updates after it failed to protect users’ private photos and videos. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office put out a statement this week saying it had reached a settlement with Online Buddies, Inc., the parent company of Jack’d, for allowing the private photos and videos of nearly 2,000 users to leak online. “Although the company represented to users that it had security measures...