Securing User Data

Dating apps and online dating have become the only options for finding love during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, while some users are finding love online, others are finding heartbreak and an unlucky few are finding something much worse.


Just as the use of dating apps and websites has found their way into the hearts of lonely users on lockdown, they have also come to the attention of crafty hackers. Although the internet and apps are the safest way to Flopi at the moment, there are still several risks and dangers associated with them. Users must be aware of catfishing, data thefts and online stalking, while the platforms themselves bring additional concerns, like data breaches and unpatched vulnerabilities that can very easily put users’ data in the wrong hands.

What is data protection, and 
why is it important?


With the increase in user-generated data and the exponential industrial value of data, it’s becoming vital that all the companies should take necessary steps to protect the data rights of their users. Data protection ensures the security of individuals’ personal data and regulates the collection, usage, transfer, and disclosure of the said data. It also provides accountability measures for organizations processing personal data and supplements it by providing remedies for unauthorized and harmful processing.


How Flopi will secure user data:

Firstly, we need to know what data will Flopi collect?

Flopi will collect only the first name, a photo for the profile picture and birth Flopi of a user. You no longer have to submit your profiles from other social media networks or your address and phone numbers as this information is indirectly beneficial to stalkers.

Securing Data has a simple solution: using decentralized data storage instead of a centralized one.

The real issue with centralized providers like Amazon S3 is all of your data resides in huge data centers. If a part of Amazon’s network goes down, you won’t be able to access your data at best, and at worst, your data could be permanently lost or damaged. Large data centers are also vulnerable to hackers, as we’ve seen time and time again. With decentralized cloud storage, end-to-end encryption is standard on every file-each file is encrypted on a user’s computer before it’s uploaded, broken into pieces, and then spread out to uncorrelated Nodes across the network.

Currently there are more than 20 decentralized storage providers available in the Crypto and Blockchain space, we will choose the best fit for Flopi among others.

Using a decentralized storage will ensure that no single entity controls user data and avoid possible hacking attacks and misuses.