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> The scary part about this is that if this random Catholic lay group can get access to this information, that it's overwhelmingly likely that foreign intellige
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> The scary part about this is that if this random Catholic lay group can get access to this information, that it's overwhelmingly likely that foreign intelligence agencies and other groups know everyone who uses Grindr and can use this for blackmail.
I think that's understood. Grindr was actually sold to a Chinese company, and the sale was reversed for that reason: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-exclusive/exclusive-grindrs-chinese-owner-nears-deal-to-sell-gay-dating-app-sources-idUSKBN20T0IR https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-excl...
Hopefully this will lead to some legislative action against data brokers. If privacy rights in and of themselves weren't able to dislodge legislators from their pro-business bias, maybe national security concerns will.
Write your representatives: data brokers are agents for Chinese intelligence.