Well one is documented (9.4%) vs “getting beat like a rented mule” not so empirical ?
Many of the options in this thread are obviously AYOR some more risk than others. Kinda like walking the boulevard in the day, or using cruisingforsex.com when it was popular. Everyone has to be comfortable with their level of risk.
For me Grindr, Tinder, Seeking.com, (Craigslist/BP in the past) etc have a risk level I have a method of gauging and managing.
Walking the boulevard, propositioning a local “bracero”, exceed my risk comfort zone. Everyone needs to figure that for themselves.