I imagine there are whatsapp groups for things like this.

But I'm going to pretend they don't exist because I already feel self-conscious enough.

This post is directly under a post about the breach in my feed.

I think you mean that Community episode.

So how this app work? Women take pics of men they see in public then rate them? Can someone explain how this keeps women safe?

I have no personal experience with the app at all, so what I am about to say comes from things I heard, or inferences I've made about the app - but...

I see the merit of an app like this for keeping people safe, but have no idea how it could be used without any possibility of it being abused.

On the face of it all, basically, if a man is abusive or in any way dangerous, or raises "red flags" for women, this app can help other women be aware.
Lots of narcissistic assholes come across as lovely people at the start, but by the end are abusive people.
My wifes ex husband, is one example, of a psychopathic narcissist. If only we could utilise an app like this to let other women know just who he is, and what to watch out for...

On the other side of it, of course, it's all too easy to say someone is abusive or dangerous to defame or isolate that person. Women have the ability to be just as abusive as men. An abusive woman may use this app to make other women in their community scared of/avoidant of a man who isn't in any way a danger to anyone.

Basically, my understanding of the app is that it allows women to give information about men they know and have dated, so other women can get a sort of background check on said men

But this, of course, could easily be misused and abused.

The app also required photo ID to prove you were a woman using the app, which recently was breached and ALL of the ID that was submitted is now viewable by anyone. So... yeah

This is psychotic.

Wrong. US citizen while in EU falls under GDPR. EU citizen while anywhere outside of EU falls under GDPR.

It is up to EU to enforce it.

That's kind of the nature of laws.

More like women can create a profile for men in their lives, and other women can share their experiences with that man. It’s sort of a publicly sourced Burn Book. It was apparently started because the creator’s mom had some bad dating experience, and basically lamented about how there wasn’t a good way for women to share stories about the men they’ve dated. Like “wouldn’t it be nice if women could stick red flags to a dude, to warn his potential partners in the future?”

So if a dude is an abuser, his victims can create a profile for him, where other women can share their experiences too. If a dude cheats, he can be put on blast for other women to see. It’s basically an “is anyone else dating this man” local Facebook group, but much larger and more in-depth.

There are some ethical concerns about it, especially regarding potential abuse; There’s nothing stopping an abusive woman from wrecking her ex’s future dating life by lying about him. But the women using the app basically say that the potential safety in dating outweighs the potential for abuse.

That’s the big part of what makes GDPR so wide-reaching and impactful. It protects European residents, not European IP addresses. If you’re a resident of Europe, you’re covered under GDPR. Even if you’re visiting the US. That’s why even Americans get GDPR questions when visiting sites, because the site can’t just filter by IP location to determine whether or not you need to be shown the GDPR prompt.

Enforcement can be trickier, sure. But to be clear, GDPR does cover non-European companies as long as they’re interacting with a European resident.

This kind of thing has been done before.

For example:

DontDateHimGirl.com - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

Lulu (app) - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

It's even mentioned at the top of the linked article.

Tea, which topped the Apple App Store charts this week — shortly before the app was hacked.

Creating a digital social hierarchy was on my 2030 bingo card... dang.

Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it'll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women

There's no way a libel database could be a bad business model

Outside of the crap going on in the US fascist resurgence, women are generally defined as a minority that requires equity / special benefits and protections. Making an app to "protect women" by crowdsourcing information about potentially predatory / negative men is viewed as 'good', and would likely be 'ok' by many western country standards.

Making an app about women, with similar 'experiences' reported by guys, would be considered predatory, and would get shut down.

We can already see plenty of related things out and about -- like "women only" companies getting applauded by govt / media, while the same sources shame any business that doesn't attempt to get 50%+ women on staff. We shut down gentlemen's clubs for being discriminatory, but we cheer women's only spaces. Genders are not treated equally in the public's eye, and it generally skews in favour of benefiting women at this point, especially once it hits media/govt/courts.

I think this is the more realistic take on how it'd play out.

Using technology as a surrogate for community.

The treaties and international laws between these countries absolutely allow the EU to enforce GDPR against companies and individuals outside of the EU if it involves an EU citizen as the victim. I know this because I have to work with it every day and I'm from the US.

Tea just suffered a massive data leak