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and then a Chinese company buys an American app that already has all the data
by rolltiide 7y ago
and then a Chinese company buys an American app that already has all the data
- kristianc 7y agoThey already have Grindr (for now)
- manuelflara 7y agoThat sale was blocked due to security concerns, so no.
- mjcl 7y agoCurrently Grindr is owned by Kunlun, but they have agreed to sell it by June 2020.
- thrower123 7y agoBy now, I'd be relatively certain that all but the absolute blackest sites are mapped comprehensively with publicly available app data.
- rolltiide 7y agoAn American financial service that I had multiple accounts with was just bought by a Chinese organization. There was nothing obscure about the service nor was there publicly available data about my accounts.
- technofiend 7y agoI'd say buying Experian is the nightmare scenario but all that data has already leaked. So maybe buying a major US bank like Wells Fargo is the way to go if someone wants more detailed data about American spending habits. I'm sure it's why Google's Project Cache is extending their reach to banking in 2020.
- cobookman 7y agowouldn't surprise me if the military makes you strip naked, put your clothes in a microwave, then put them back on before getting on the plane to the black site. Each and every time. Anything less than such ridiculous methods would be insecure. You can literally embed chips in the fabric of your clothing. https://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?11587 https://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?11587
- tpxl 7y ago... Why would you not simply issue them new clothes instead of (potentially dangerously) microwaving theirs?
- derefr 7y agoHow would they sanitize the clothes they already gave them when they leave and return?
- tpxl 7y agoOn the way in, they leave everything from outside, and on the way out, they leave everything from the inside and take what they brought in from the outside.
- allovernow 7y agoBecause it's the military so everything technical is done/designed obtusely...although your idea is more in line with typical financial/resource wastefulness so it wouldn't surprise me either!
- cobookman 7y agoHow do you ensure the new clothes aren't embedded with some chip placed by a spy who has access to the supply chain but not the black-site? I'd assume they give them new clothes & microwave said new clothes. along with other precautions.
- GhettoMaestro 7y agoUS Congress has the authority to block such acquisitions.
- fooker 7y agoYes, we have all seen Silicon Valley.
- tuukkah 7y agoAll of us don't watch TV series.
- dajohnson89 7y agosome of us do watch TV series.