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Reflecting on one of the most baffling things that happened during a quite baffling year. Over the course of a few months, our client, Matthew, received over a thousand visitors to his home and workplace for sex. His ex was impersonating him on Grindr
and then exploiting the geo-location and DM features of grindr to send these folks (often invoking rape fantasies). Our client did all the usual stuff -- order of protection, police reports, alerted grindr. Finally we got an order restraining grindr from letting this
dude use the product. By then Matthew's life was pretty much overtaken by fear. Some days as many as 16 strangers came to him in person. Some got very angry when told to leave. Grindr refused to help in any way, said they didn't have the technology to help.
