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1. purplepatrick · 1790817358 · focus · HN ↗

   Cute. Of course, beyond basic deal breakers, neither do people know their preferences (but they think they do), nor do the majority of preference categories actually matter.

   This is a common problem with all dating apps. Specifically, interests, hobbies, daily routines, objectives, etc. have nothing to do with compatibility.

   “We like the same things!” is the compatibility signal of a naive 22-yr old…

   1. 615341652341 · 1790817803 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah but they now have all those interests, hobbies, daily routines, objectives, etc. tied to an email address once they forward that information on.

      1. eru · 1790820532 · focus · HN ↗

         If you have a phone (or other device that connects to mobile networks), your government knows your daily routine anyway. And in Singapore, we have pervasive CCTV and face recognition.

         So not much of an extra loss in privacy.

         1. ghshephard · 1790823497 · focus · HN ↗

            For anyone who has spent a lot of time in Singapore (I lived there for 5 years, from 2012 - 2017) - the following snippet isn't doing justice:

            > pervasive CCTV and face recognition.

            I'm willing to wager there is no country on the planet that comes within an order of magnitude in terms of their awareness of precisely where any given resident is to within a few meters.

            In fact - I think we would struggle to find a country within 2 orders of magnitude - the combination of incredibly high technology, super density, lack of much in the way of "countryside" (and the jungles/parks have lots of camera's near the entrances) and a general societal consensus that omnipresent surveillance is worthwhile exchange for the world's safest country all come together to create a system in which you don't need to worry about obscuring who you are dating with/sleeping with/associating with.

            The Government already knows, always has known.

            1. wjehf-wiehdjf · 1790829826 · focus · HN ↗

               I would bet Taiwan could compete. In the news, I've frequently seen reports of some delinquent doing something bad and the police are able to use the security cameras to track the person down, even across several cities.
            2. someonebaggy · 1790858873 · focus · HN ↗

               Israel (the part of it that is occupied by Palestinians)? That's where all the surveillance companies (which are mostly Israeli) try out their new tech before selling it to the rest of the world.

               The UK? It doesn't have a special relationship with surveillance companies, it just has a population that seems to like being surveilled and always votes for more.

         2. aleph_minus_one · 1790854074 · focus · HN ↗

            > If you have a phone (or other device that connects to mobile networks), your government knows your daily routine anyway.

            Because of this reason, quite a lot of people

            - don't actually own a mobile phone,

            - formally own a mobile phone, but only carry it around if the likelihood is very high that they will need it

            - if they need to be available via mobile phone for job reasons (and are thus survived), they prefer to use a feature phone or if it must be a smart phone, they don't install any additional apps or remove the additional surveillance functions from the operating system as far as easily possible

            1. jen20 · 1790855866 · focus · HN ↗

               Define “quite a lot” here?
            2. eru · 1790903030 · focus · HN ↗

               Yes, those weirdos exist. They don't seem to be a large part of the population in most places.

               (I use 'weirdo' as a technical term here. These people have my sympathies; I just mean that they are far from the average or normal person.)

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