UK dating app Fluttr aims to beat the ‘Tinder swindlers’ with biometric ID
by Mark Sweney from Technology | The Guardian on (#5W3JN)
Platform hopes personal verification will prevent near-100m lost to scammers on dating apps last year
A new British dating app is promising to eradicate Tinder Swindler-style romance fraud, which cost duped daters almost 100m last year, by ensuring that all members complete biometric ID verification before they digitally mingle.
Fluttr, which claims to be the first UK online dating app to use such technology to improve user safety, is launching on Valentine's Day in the hope of getting a boost from singletons looking to change their relationship status.
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