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Dating apps too? Wtf, imagine if they knew your preferences were same sex and you flew to Dubai or China and you’ve criticized them, they could sell that data a

• 4bpp 7y ago
  Oh boy. Considering that the most authentication that happens seems to be based on government IDs (which are well within the capability of any government to fake in such a way that a random startup would be fooled), this could actually be a serious problem for any dissident who is high-profile enough to attract personal attention from a state. (On that matter though, how hard is it to fake a convincing scan of a government ID? Do any GDPR data controllers actually verify with the authorities that John Example has a passport with number soandso that expires on soandso?)
• papln 7y ago
  It's a fun game: Brainstorm hypothetical horrible abuses of private daat, and then find a news article that confirm the abuse has already happened. http://theconversation.com/should-grindr-users-worry-about-what-china-will-do-with-their-data-95972 http://theconversation.com/should-grindr-users-worry-about-w... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/technology/grindr-sets-off-privacy-firestorm-after-sharing-users-hiv-status-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/technology/grindr-sets-of...
• ThrustVectoring 7y ago
  This is incredibly high-value data to have on politicians and other high-profile people, too. Say, suppose you had a congressperson's dating app information in this report, and the usage overlaps with the period of time they've been married and in office. Great way to compromise them.