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Sway Used Deceptive Practices To Gain Users

FORBES – May 20 – Sway appears to have used data from CarbonHire/GeniusHire, which mines sites like Github, Facebook, & LinkedIn for contact info, to send deceptive spam in an attempt to get new users. CarbonHire's database password had recently been compromised. Once installed, Sway crawls contact info on the phone and sends out more invites. The app continues to send notifications even after it's deleted. Sway and CarbonHire have failed to respond to these revelations.

by Kashmir Hill
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HatchLabs' Co-Founder Is Creating His Third Dating App

BUSINESS INSIDER - Mar 10 - Sway CEO Adam Huie is currently working on his third dating app. All of Huie's apps - Let's Meet, Sway, and his new one, Tryst - use a similar anonymous matching interface in which couples can only find out more about each other if they both agree to do so. Sway just partnered with Bravo TV and its new show "Online Dating Rituals of the American Male." Sway specifically created this new app for the show. Previously, Huie co-founded Hatch Labs, the mobile incubator that launched Tinder. In June, Huie became CEO of dating startup Let's Date. He left Let's Date for Sway, which is essentially Let's Date with a different name and a slightly tweaked user interface.

by Megan Rose Dickey
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