On November 3, police reported an alarming rise in sextortion on dating apps. With cuffing season in full effect, Pippa Murphy, sex and dating expert at Condoms.uk has a few tips for protecting yourself. Naturally more singles are gravitating towards apps for the winter which provides fertile ground for cyber bullies and scammers….
Sextortion: What to Know | #lovescams | #datingapps
Sextortion is when someone threatens to share intimate details, sexual images, or videos of you online if you don’t meet their demands. They might do this to get money, sexual favors, more nude photos, or something else. It’s more common than you think. This is abuse and it might come…
Sextortion: What to Know | #lovescams | #datingapps
Sextortion is when someone threatens to share intimate details, sexual images, or videos of you online if you don’t meet their demands. They might do this to get money, sexual favors, more nude photos, or something else. It’s more common than you think. This is abuse and it might come…
Online sextortion scams target Columbia County teens | #lovescams | #datingapps
EVANS, Ga. – There’s been an explosive increase in teenage boys being targeted online and extorted for money after being tricked into sending sexually explicit pictures – including in the CSRA. The FBI on Monday reported the nationwide increase in sextortion scams, and it’s something the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office…
What Is Sextortion? The Terrifying Dating App Scam Is On The Rise | #lovescams | #datingapps
Police have had to issue a warning over ‘sextortion’ after it was announced that one area of the country has seen a 153% rise in incidents of the scam. In 2020, 53 incidents were reported to Durham Constabulary, compared with 134 in 2021 – an increase of 153%. Sextortion is…
Sextortion Scams Plague LGBTQ+ Dating Apps | #lovescams | #datingapps
Ari Ezra Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, spent three years studying dating platforms for gay men and interviewed hundreds of users. Waldman, who is gay, says he did so because it’s important to protect the gay community not only from haters on the outside…
Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript] – Naked Security | #lovescams | #datingapps
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. DOUG. More extortion scams, more crypto theft, and a bugfix for a bugfix. All that more on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everybody. I am Doug Aamoth, and he is Paul Ducklin. Paul, how do you do? DUCK. I am super-duper,…
Sextortion Scams Plague LGBTQ+ Dating Apps | #lovescams | #datingapps
Ari Ezra Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, spent three years studying dating platforms for gay men and interviewed hundreds of users. Waldman, who is gay, says he did so because it’s important to protect the gay community not only from haters on the outside…