08/19/2021 13:02
Clarín.com
Relations
Updated 08/19/2021 1:11 PM
To increase its security levels, Tinder will expand its
identity document
verification function globally
.
With this measure, unfaithful users already fear for their future.
The dating application will allow users to enter and validate their official documentation in the coming months, according to the DPA news agency.
This optional feature has
been on trial in Japan
since 2019. Now, the company has committed to having the verification reach all countries during "
the next few quarters,
" according to a statement, and has promised to work with experts to determine which documents They are the most suitable in each country and adapt to local regulations.
Tinder explained that document verification is an option that will
begin as
voluntary
for users, since it recognizes that it is "complex", but has highlighted that users can feel more secure with it by "giving them more confidence that their matches are authentic. and more control over who they interact with. "
For security, Tinder incorporates document verification.
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"We know that in many parts of the world and within traditionally underserved communities, people may have compelling reasons why they are unable or unwilling to share their real-world identity with an online platform," acknowledged
Tracey Breeden
, Vice President of Security. and social defense at Match Group, parent company of Tinder.
Infidels Alert
Security
issues aside
, there is another point that might discourage users from displaying their documentation.
The unfaithful who seek extramarital encounters without whitewashing that situation would be exposed.
Checking documents on Tinder could discourage cheating.
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According to data collected by La Vanguardia through a report by the audience consultancy GlobalWebIndex,
30% of Tinder users are married
and another 12% have a partner.
Boom of apps for infidels
Gleeden
is one of the exclusive dating apps for infidels.
It is a site that offers contacts between married people or who live with a partner, with others in the same circumstances.
In other words, it is a dating site that works the same way as Tinder, but whose members are looking to have an
affair
.
Cheating apps work like Tinder but with a specific community of users.
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The site was launched in 2009 in France, landed in Latin America in 2019 and arrived in Argentina in 2020, hand in hand with the quarantine by
Covid-19
.
It currently has a presence in 159 countries and has more than 8.5 million users worldwide.
"The idea of creating Gleeden arose after verifying, through studies, that 30% of those registered in conventional dating sites present themselves as single, when in fact they are married or have a partner," explained
Silvia Rubies
, expert in
sexuality
and Director of Communication for Gleeden in Latin America.
“It was a response to the needs of this group of users.
It offers an exclusive and transparent community where it is possible to find people with the same needs and desires ”, he concluded.
Another of these apps is
Ashley Madison
, created especially for the purpose of extramarital affairs.
There are exclusive apps for extramarital encounters.
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It is the first dating website for married couples.
“When Ashley Madison started in 2001, there weren't many places that adults could go to date.
Ashley Madison was born as the first open and sincere website about what to find: like-minded people looking for dates with married people, ”they say from their website.
There, they affirm, discretion is the protagonist.
And the intentions, clear: the app invites you to find "someone who is in the same situation as you and who understands the pure pleasure of a sexual rebirth without compromise".
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