Tag: DATING SITES

"People think that if they eradicate Ashley Madison, they'll eradicate infidelity," Biderman says. "Companies like Google and Microsoft are playing Big Brother and they're not telling you what you're doing. It's almost like, if Noel touched it, they censor it." Founder of affair-enabling website AshleyMadison.com Noel Biderman laments the difficulty he's had advertising on major sites ...

PlentyOfFish.com is the new dating site du jour, or so it is for Britney Spears, who used the site to browse for dates in her most recent video. Along with the site's random (and not very attractive) appearance in Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' video, the site arrived again in Britney's 'Hold It Against Me' premiere last night. (The song, we believe, is based on a pick-up line often flung by sexually ...

Security researcher Brian Krebs is reporting that eHarmony's user database has been compromised, giving a rogue hacker access to information on thousands of the dating site's clients. According to Krebs, it appears that the breach was orchestrated by Chris Russo -- the Argentinian hacker who pulled off a similar heist on dating site Plentyoffish a few weeks ago. Russo, who prefers to call ...

Gay and lesbian couples may not be able to get married in the vast majority of the US, but now they can at least enjoy equal online flirtation rights, thanks to a recent class-action settlement between eHarmony and about 150 Californian users. As The Associated Press reports, eHarmony has agreed to merge its gay and straight sites in an attempt to settle a recent lawsuit from users who found ...

Last week, a woman in Edmonton, Alberta publicly told of a recent dating Web site scam that has cost her "a lot" of money, FOX News reports. Apparently, the woman -- who has elected to remain anonymous -- is only one of several victims in the area; local detective Mark Johnson told the Edmonton Sun that other women have been scammed, as well, resulting in a total loss approaching $300,000 ...

Congratulations gay and lesbian community, you may have lost out November 4 in California, Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas, but you scored a sweet consolation prize in the New-Jersey-based lawsuit against eHarmony. Realizing that it was about to get nailed to the wall for violating anti-discrimination laws, eHarmony settled with the New Jersey Attorney General out of court. The settlement gives ...