Swiping right on a spambot could soon be a thing of
the past. Tinder has claimed a 90 percent reduction in
spam traffic after it started analysing the phone numbers used
to register them.
Working with mobile identity firm TeleSign, Tinder is
now able to look at usage patterns for phone numbers and carry out
a spam risk assessment. TeleSign’s system analyses huge volumes of
real-time and historical data on how phone numbers are used, with
an overall “spam score” handed over to Tinder.
By: James Temperton,
