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Why authorities are wary of Spotafriend, Yellow and other teen social apps

By David Hernandez

Wednesday, 22 Nov 2017 | 1:30 AM MYT

Fear of being without a cellphone is a treatable malady. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

On Spotafriend, a cellphone app marketed to teens, "Logan" was a 17-year-old boy looking to meet other young people in San Diego County.

In reality, police say, he was a 21-year-old man who used the app to start an unlawful sexual relationship with an underage girl.

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