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[ganashara]

I really, sincerely hope I'm not alone in thinking signing up for a dating app first thing in a strange new world is an incredibly stupid thing to do right?

It has "scam" written all over it.

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[localweirdo]

I know but it doesn't mean we can't have some fun!

There's nothing wrong with a little information sharing as long as it's not that top secret.

[ganashara]

You're a fresh face in an alien world. You shouldn't be so trusting, especially since these sort of apps have been known to spy on people, mining data to be sold to corporations, or worse; to the authorities.

[localweirdo]

Really? Has that happened before?

Surely a simple dating service wouldn't be enough to make people spy on you. What is the point?

[ganashara]

The point is they can mine personal information from it.

[localweirdo]

Perhaps I am new, but I don't see a reason why they would need our personal information.

We are already in hell so what further use is there?

[ganashara]

Whatever you want to call this place or whatever reason you believe you're here, it doesn't matter, because you're still exploitable.

[localweirdo]

In other words, you want to kill the fun.

[No, not really. Hu Tao can see why Lio would be worried but...]

[ganashara]

I'm not killing the fun, people can have fun however they want, but that doesn't mean they should just hand their info over to a faceless program!

[localweirdo]

But has anything happened yet? I think you might be worrying a bit too much.

[ganashara]

Why wait until something bad happens when the whole situation is already so suspicious?

Sorry for the late, grad school kicked me hard

[localweirdo]

And how do we know it might be suspicious? Is there any proof?

[ganashara]

It appeared on your phone without you downloading it, yourself.

That's extremely suspicious.

[localweirdo]

I suppose but I am curious. Now that information is already sent and that this could happen again, what should we do about it?

Because I still say you're worried about nothing. But it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

[ganashara]

Just delete the thing and be done with it. Prevent it from spying on you any further.

[localweirdo]

It seems a little too simple if you ask me. How do we know that they weren't already spying before?

[ganashara]

You can at least start to find that answer by getting rid of the app rather than getting lost in suppositions.

[localweirdo]

Fine, I deleted it.

You sure are persistent on making sure people get rid of it. Although, I suppose that is a good quality to have sometimes.

[ganashara]

Less that and more you were persistent in asking me what to do about it. If you'd just decided to ignore me, I wouldn't have hounded you over it.

[localweirdo]

That is true but I couldn't help myself.

I guess I was a little curious about you! But let me introduce myself. My name is Hu Tao and it's rather nice to meet you.

[ganashara]

You can call me Lio.

Your name isn't on the Shuten roster.

[localweirdo]

I'm in Sutoku and I just arrived here!

Let me say though, hell is certainly a lot more liver than I thought!

[ganashara]

That's a word for it.

It's about as dangerous as one could expect, though.

[localweirdo]

It's not too different from where I'm from. I'm use to fighting but I could do without the constant battling.

Don't they know it gets tiring after a while? There's only so much violence before it gets boring.

[ganashara]

It's not a matter of personal indulgence. For many, it's a matter of pride, and the need to protect what they consider theirs.

[localweirdo]

Which is a shame. You would think they would respect the concept of death and morality a little more. Especially where we are now.