IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Phoenix Man, Police Claim

Re:IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Pho... by MichaelGG on Thursday April 29, 2010 @04:45PM (#1305970)

Are we gonna have these repeat stories with every slightly new or different technology? It'd be a story if the app leaked sensitive data or something, not just a hookup gone wrong.

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Re:IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Pho... by Alex3917 on Thursday April 29, 2010 @04:56PM (#1306014)

I posted it here because the app involved is presumably Loopt, which is a YC company.

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Re:IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Pho... by frankus on Thursday April 29, 2010 @05:09PM (#1306060)

My guess would be Grindr or one of its clones.

Loopt, colorful popped collars notwithstanding, is not particularly gay.

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Re:IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Pho... by shoesfullofdust on Thursday April 29, 2010 @06:13PM (#1306265)

"Correction: Phoenix P.D. Investigation Finds That Grindr iPhone App Not Involved in Yesterday's Murder"

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/04/correct...

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Re:IPhone's Gay Social Networking App Leads to Murder of Pho... by goatforce5 on Thursday April 29, 2010 @05:12PM (#1306078)

I'd have guessed Grindr, but this is saying that while the police press contacts don't know what app it was, it specifically wasn't Grindr:

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/04/phoenix-man-stabbed-to-...

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