Software:Jack'd
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| Developer(s) | Perry Street Software |
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| Initial release | 2010 |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, Windows Phone |
| Website | jackd |
Jack'd is a location-based chat and dating app catering to gay and bisexual men. It is available for Android, iPhone, and Windows phones.[1] Jack'd was previously owned by Online Buddies, owner of Manhunt. In 2019, Perry Street Software, the parent company of Scruff, bought Jack’d for an undisclosed sum.[2]
Controversies
On June 13, 2016, the Los Angeles Times reported that Omar Mateen was a Jack'd user for at least a year prior to the Orlando nightclub shooting in which he killed 49 people and wounded 53 others.[3] Jack'd was not able to substantiate those claims.[4]
On February 5, 2019, technology news outlet The Register reported a security flaw in the app in which users' private photos could be publicly viewed by anybody aware of the flaw. On February 7, 2019, Jack'd fixed the bug.[5] On June 28, 2019, the Office of the Attorney General of New York announced that Online Buddies, Inc. will pay the state $240,000 to settle the privacy complaint and that the company would implement a "comprehensive security program" to prevent similar incidents in the future. In a statement, New York State Attorney General Letitia James said, “[Jack'd] put users’ sensitive information and private photos at risk of exposure and [Online Buddies] didn't do anything about it for a full year just so they could continue to make a profit.”[6][7]
See also
- Homosocialization
- JOYclub
- Timeline of online dating services
- Tinder
References
- ↑ "What is Jack'd? Here's a look at the gay dating app". http://www.12news.com/news/nation-now/what-is-jackd-heres-a-look-at-the-gay-dating-app/243772574.
- ↑ Montgomery, Blake (July 9, 2019). "Scruff Acquires Jack'd, The Dating App That Exposed Users' Nudes". IAC. https://www.thedailybeast.com/scruff-acquires-jackd-the-dating-app-that-exposed-users-nudes.
- ↑ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly; Jarvie, Jenny; Wilber, Del Quentin (13 June 2016). "Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say". https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160613-snap-story.html.
- ↑ Weise, Elizabeth (14 June 2016). "Jack'd app says it has no record of Mateen" (in en). https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/06/14/what-jackd/85862874/.
- ↑ Shaun Nichols (February 5, 2019). "Hi, Jack'd: A little PSA for anyone using this dating-hook-up app... Anyone can slurp your private, public snaps". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/05/jackd_private_photo_bug/.
- ↑ Robertson, Adi (2019-06-28). "Gay dating app Jack'd settles complaint over exposing private photos". https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/28/19154218/jackd-online-buddies-gay-dating-app-ny-attorney-general-lawsuit-settlement.
- ↑ "Attorney General James Announces Settlement With Dating App For Failure To Secure Private And Nude Photos" (in en). 28 June 2019. https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-announces-settlement-dating-app-failure-secure-private-and.
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