Swipe right and your next-but-one date could be in a clinic. Apps like Tinder and Grindr are being linked to a flare-up of sexually transmitted infections
SOME people do it in bed. Others slope off to the bathrooms at work. Look carefully and you'll probably spot someone at it on the train. You might even be one of them.
Whether or not you have joined the millions regularly logging on to hook-up apps such as Tinder and Grindr, it is clear that over the past few years they have become an accepted part of today's dating scene. With touchscreen interfaces that allow users to swipe through profiles of available matches, they make finding a date as quick and easy as flicking through the pages of a magazine.
Tinder, used by men and women, generates 15 million mutual matches a day. Grindr, a ...
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