Software like Grindr, Scruff and tinder has revolutionized matchmaking, but in addition increase consumers’ chance of becoming at the mercy of harassment, assault or worse. The exact same vastness and anonymity that draws numerous gay men online also can spell disaster.

Inside UK, criminal activities concerning hookup-app “romance fraudulence have increased 700percent in the past 24 months. One London teacher is on test for poisoning four men the guy found on Grindr, while, in December, development research appeared of a gang focusing on gay men on hookup applications for theft.

People Slashes Grindr Day’s Throat, Leaves Him For Lifeless

Assaults, thefts plus murders of application customers are becoming all too usual during the U.S., as well—including a 25-year-old Pennsylvania guy located bludgeoned to demise after generating intends to fulfill a guy on Grindr.

These subjects had been simply interested in a link, whether bodily or psychological. The pages they read stated nothing of physical violence, since their assailants hid behind innocuous pictures and flattery.

Any encounter comes with risk—meeting a stranger, a lot more therefore. But you will find steps you can take to make the knowledge less dangerous and, should circumstances get unattractive, to assist you control the specific situation. (more…)