Every Friday on Pulp Tech I do a sex and tech news roundup – I think that the intersections of sex and tech are where we find the interesting bits. Often, these bits reveal intentions by people that want to use sexuality for something other than positive reasons, and where people try to control others (I believe porn is one of the most powerful speech censorship tools).
So I hope you check out Sex Tech Weekly when you can. This week’s installment includes a digital dating conference report, the Grindr hacker goes unpunished (with info on the hack), ICANN responds to the Manwin (YouPorn, etc) .XXX antitrust suit, and porn’s filesharing lawyer is busted for violating alleged porn filesharers’ privacy to reach his sue-happy ends. Of note is that Grindr hasn’t fixed the security hack and it’s been eight days, and that Big Porn thought to make money off torrent/pirate lawsuits but the lawyer that spearheaded the campaign is looking dirtier than the genre he represents (and not in a good way).
This week in sex and technology Big Porn’s piracy lawsuits lawyer has to pay for misconduct, the digital dating conference took place in Miami, Big Porn’s lawsuit against .XXX and ICANN got a response, and a popular location-based sex app was hacked – and it seems the hacker may go unpunished.
Digital dating destined for disruption
At the three-day digital dating conference in Miami this past week, companies brought their best pitches to show that the online dating world is looking to take its methodology, reach and profits to the next level.
Attendees spanned the online dating and hookup gamut. This included reps from Google, Bing, Match and OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Grindr, marriage sites and startups eager to disrupt the space, such as TheComplete.me. (…read more, Pulp Tech)
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