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It does exist. It's based on a huge database used for genetic research (www.islendingabok.is). You need a social security number to access it though, and you can only see your own relations.
I think this is the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp&hl=en
yep they do. I went to Iceland for exchange, the locals had hilarious stories about their experience using the app.
Tarkennuksena, tuo featurehan siis oli vain vitsi.
Kyseisen appin tekijät sanoovat täällä:
> For their part, SES can laugh about it: “it is a running joke in Icelandic culture,” Hákon Þrastar says, though he and his collaborators had “no knowledge of anyone actually accidentally sleeping with a relative.”
Is the Wall Street Journal a good enough source for you?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/icelands-no-1-dating-rule-make-sure-youre-not-cousins-1477241937
How about the app itself?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp
It's true. Icelanders have an app to prevent inadvertent hookups with cousins.
I've logged in with an old account of mine just to link you to a rant I wrote about that app long ago that you are more than welcome to share.
>No, that's just not true. I'm so sick of this misinformation being spread around. This specific function of the app is supposed to be a joke!
>The app (ÍslendingaApp SES) is simply a mobile frontend of an existing database, Íslendingabók, which contains the genealogical data of (almost?) every Icelander and which can be accessed by every resident via their kennitala (government ID number) and a password that they can request with it. The database is built on the excellent records of genealogy that have been kept on Iceland since its settlement in ~871. It was originally built by a genetics research firm that needed it for medical research but since it's such a great resource they decided to make it public.
>In this public version it's basically a free ancestry.com on steroids and it's supposed to be used in that way, for personal genealogical research.
>For the 10 year anniversary of the database that company, deCODE genetics, held a competition for university students to build a mobile app. The winning team decided to build in this function as a way to set their app apart. It identifies the two persons bumping their phones together via NFC and their kennitala. It then simply looks up whether they have the same grandparents. As you can see it is only able to identify first cousins. And you really shouldn't need an app to not hook up with your first cousin, no matter where you live. It does not pick up any more distant family relations which might or might not be useful from a genetic standpoint (I can't comment on that). Anyway, the important thing is that this function is one of many of the app and that it was implemented as a joke / a way to make the app unique and stand apart from its competitors.
>Unfortunately the international media, and reddit, picked up on that function and decided to spin it into the weird story you just told.
There absolutely is such an app.
It was an app made in 2013 based on the data of the Íslendingabok.
The marketing as a incest prevention app was probably a joke, but that doesn't change the fact that the app exists and that it was marketed as such.
A few sources for you:
https://mentalfloss.com/article/76323/app-keeps-icelanders-dating-their-relatives
https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/icelands-anti-incest-app-is-gross-but-necessary/
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-24304415/icelandic-phone-app-stops-you-dating-close-relatives
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/iceland-incest-app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp&hl=en_US
The fuck are you talking about? The app exists and is right here.
Not at all, here it is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp&hl=en
But, to be honest, it's more a bit of fun than a serious incest avoidance tool.
Yup, it's here. Though I suppose it has other uses as well.
það er vefslóð í linkuðu fréttinni https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp
iCeland not iReland
This is the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp
It's called "ÍslendingaApp", here's a link to Google play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.ses.apps.islendingaapp
Not exactly Tinder but designed to be usable in a bar when hooking up to a potential partner.