Creating New Security Standards for Marginalized Users
summary
A beta of the dating app Thurst reaches 15,000 signups then shuts down weeks later after overwhelming threats, prompting a shift from abstract inclusion to concrete protocols: automated pattern detection for harassment, active encryption and data-minimization, and removing location and no social integrations to prevent doxxing. The team runs targeted surveys to surface silenced users, codifies community expectations, and treats safety as iterative — the first launch fails but yields actionable security changes.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:40How did you get here
- 2:35Was you safe online
- 4:56Ambitious
- 5:44Goals
- 5:58Community Expectations
- 7:19Research
- 8:14Design
- 9:19Perspective
- 10:17Dedicated to Learning and Improvement
- 11:04Creating a Safe Space
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