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    Tom commented  · 

    Profiles with connected social accounts show trustworthiness and help prevent scamming. For this reason, Grindr should partner with a safe, secure, privacy-focused social authentication system (like Credo360) that would allow Grindr members to prove to the community that they are a real and credible person while still maintaining their anonymity and data privacy.
    Credo360, which is an independent, flexible, and next-generation verification system, can be adapted to fit the needs of any digital platform, especially one like Grindr (just like it has on Reddit). Integrating it *into* users’ profiles would reduce fraud and conflicts on the app, bring security and honor to the app community, put people in better control of their app presence, empower users with knowledge, and, most importantly, it would make meetups safer and more reliable.

    Credo360 normally assigns a Credo ID and trust scores (called Credo Scores) to its members, but, for Grindr, it could simply be a matter of carrying verification badges on one’s profile of all the verifications one has completed. For example: Credo360 allows members to connect a range of their social accounts (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit), as well as their contact information (email address, mobile number) and their government ID. These connections, once authenticated through Credo360, would then be reflected in the member’s linked Grindr profile in a built-in verification section in the form of badges. For example, if a member has verified their government ID through Credo, an ID badge will light up in their Grindr profile. If they’ve verified their Facebook account, a Facebook badge will light up—hyperlinked or not, depending on the user’s preference. If their mobile number has *not* been verified, the corresponding cell phone badge in their profile will stay dark until it is. Hence, badges only light up if and when their verification has been completed. This way, the Grindr community will see on every profile which verifications have been completed and which ones have not.
    The advantage of outsourcing these kinds of verifications to a third-party identity platform like Credo360 is the added security and privacy. By using a third party, we can keep Grindr out of our Facebook pics and LinkedIn profile—i.e., not sacrifice our privacy by linking the accounts to Grindr itself—while still infusing valuable trust and transparency throughout our interpersonal exchanges on the app.

    With identity proofing, authentication, and ID/age/photo verification available to Grindr members in a secure, modern way like this, we users would be better able to avoid all the rampant scams and catfishes that seem to have proliferated aggressively on the app in recent months. By being able to prove our credibility (using bank-grade encryption), and by knowing which profiles we can trust, browsing and connecting on the app would be easier than ever. Grindr members would no longer have an excuse to *not* validate their profile, and those who are accused of being fake will be able to easily confirm their authenticity and eliminate any further suspicion. Not to mention, a partnership like this would likely generate a new, socially responsible stream of revenue for Grindr and the contracted service provider, due in part to the new advertising opportunities it would allow for.
    By empowering users with an authentication system like this that keeps users’ personal information safe and their anonymity intact, Grindr would be providing an extremely necessary resource that ensures safety, security, quality, and discretion, and one that helps facilitate simple, efficient, and reliable connections.

    Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

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