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Grindr's response to this article: https://blog.grindr.com/blog/the-wsjs-old-news https://blog.grindr.com/blog/the-wsjs-old-news > What the WSJ describes would
by rkallos 4y ago
Grindr's response to this article: https://blog.grindr.com/blog/the-wsjs-old-news https://blog.grindr.com/blog/the-wsjs-old-news
> What the WSJ describes would not be possible with our privacy practices today, practices we proactively implemented two years ago
> Grindr takes the privacy of its users extremely seriously, and we have put privacy before profit
> Grindr does not share users’ precise location, we do not share user profile information, and we do not share even industry standard data like age or gender
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago> or gender Gee, I wonder if the advertiser can take a guess.
- dillondoyle 4y agoThere are more than a couple genders on Grindr. Women, trans women, MTF, FTM, non binary, gender queer. *some people may identify with some of those, some overlap, some without calling their gender either. It's a large spectrum.
- hunterb123 4y agoThat's not what GP meant. The app is generally used by gay men looking for discrete interactions. Advertising targeting is broken up by male and female generally.
- cuteboy19 4y agoMakes me think if it is possible to escape some advertising by marking your gender as some random string
- dillondoyle 4y agoTheir answer was sarcastic and dismissive. I'm a gay male and use Grindr
- klabb3 4y agoPR speech 101 guide for those that haven't had the privilege to embrace this noble art style: As a general rule, all allegations that aren't specifically denied are true. For instance "we aren't sharing precise location" = "we are sharing location data with an undisclosed level of reduced precision"