It is not easy to find love … If the meeting applications are chatting, in this country the authorities encourage residents to use one in particular to avoid a bad surprise. And it is not at all linked to the physical.
While Valentine’s Day approaches quickly, many singles want to find love so as not to find themselves solo during the Cupidon Day. For several years now, meeting applications have been making a tobacco, whether Tinder, Hinge, Grindr or Bumble … But, in this small country in particular, the authorities want the inhabitants to have an application to consult very carefully before accepting a date or more. And for good reason: it is for their good.
Who has never peeled social networks and puts Google pages and pages to look for detailed information and photos of the person with whom we agreed to have a drink? The inhabitants of this country which has less than 400,000 inhabitants are, for their part, strongly encouraged by the authorities to have a mobile application to avoid a bad meeting. And there is no question here of knowing if the person you are going to date does not correspond to their photo or if it is a serial killer… No, it is a question of avoiding risks of consanguinity.
But where then? In Iceland. Indeed, the authorities recommend that romantics in need of love to have on their phone the Islendinga application, which was imagined by the company specializing in genetics, Decode Genetics. It has created its database via genealogical information from Icelandic inhabitants for 1200 years. Thus, this allows two people who want to go out together check in a few minutes if they have no relationships or if it is extremely distant and therefore without risk.
The application, launched in 2010 after a technological competition, “Not only helps users to learn more about family members, wherever they are, but also offers a ‘connection’ function. This feature allows two smartphones to be brought together to check if a potentially embarrassing meeting is about to occur. In case of risk, an ‘incest alarm’ discreetly warns the two users“, Precise The Verge.
