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What I Learned From Creating An Ashley Madison Profile

After the hack, Ashley Madison is all over the news, but what is their website all about?

What I Learned From Creating An Ashley Madison Profile
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Dating website Ashley Madison made headlines on Monday when they announced they had been hacked. On their website they describe themselves as, "The most recognized name in infidelity" and the "most successful website for finding cheating partners."

The website, which advertises itself with the headline, "Life is short. Have an affair," announced Monday morning that some of their 37 million users' information had been stolen. According to CNN Money, the hackers are threatening to release "profiles with all the customers' secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and employee documents and emails."

Ashley Madison has been around since 2001 and is based out of Canada. In order to get a deeper understanding of the website, I created an account for myself.

The website is completely anonymous. I was only required to use an email. The personal information used are your age and current location—no names or photos are required. For the experiment's sake I uploaded a photo and it gave me multiple options to cover my eyes with pink bars, blurred out sections, and even masquerade masks.

My account took only a few minutes to create and then I was ready to explore. I immediately had a long list of men living in my zip code that were searching for affairs. Their slogans ranged from the expected "looking for discreet sex," to the sweet "looking for a woman who wants to feel loved," and even the shocking, "I'll have anal with you while your husband is at work".

A press rep from Ashley Madison's owner Avid Life Media Inc. released a statement Monday, "We apologize for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers’ information." It is unknown how much information the hackers have and if they'll release it.

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