Tag: Scruff

It’s a hard time out there for the queers, dear. Realizing the danger for LGBTQ travelers around the world, networking apps Tinder has launched new features aimed at keeping users safe. Tinder has developed a new Traveler Alert feature. Depending on the geographic location of the user, when the app launches a new advisory screen will appear notifying users that they have entered an area where homosexuality is criminalized, or where the population has a history of hostility toward the community....

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...

A father has spoken of how a technical hitch saw him come out to his family. The man shared his awkward story on Reddit, going only by the username Thrwwyniner. He described how he’d been going through a divorce when he downloaded the app, and had thought the situation was watertight. However an alleged glitch by Apple led his son – also on the family iTunes account – to discover some surprising apps. He had downloaded gay dating apps Scruff and DaddyHunt for...