10 Lessons Monogamous People Can Learn From the Polyamorous Community

In what’s quickly becoming one of the most alarming digital privacy failures of the year, a series of LGBTQ+, fetish, and sugar dating apps have been exposed for leaking troves of sensitive user data — and the worst breach yet might be an app called Gay Daddy.

Touted on the App Store as a “private and anonymous” space for gay and bisexual men over 40, Gay Daddy: 40+ Date & Chat was found by Cybernews researchers to be leaking over 50,000 user profiles and more than 124,000 private messages, including locations, names, HIV status, relationship details, and explicit photos. The database was so unprotected that anyone with a little technical savvy could snoop through users’ most intimate content without restriction.