Oldercumslut Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 https://www.out.com/news/2019/3/27/grindr-reportedly-put-sale-following-government-intervention Seems like something out of the Onion. Then Facebook should be considered a national security risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators drscorpio Posted March 30, 2019 Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 I think location tracking was the feature that put this on the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BBBoyfromTN Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'd listened to a clip on NPR's website with some security guy talking about how it can be used by criminal elements/forgeign agents and how it can compromise and jeopardize people. Me, I wasn't all that worried...I work in tech and honestly, people just do not realize how much they give away with their smartphones. That said, I think this is the government wanting to shut down apps as part of their overall "sex panic" policy to crack down on anything deemed non-normal, like they did with Back Pages, Craigslist, and so on. They're wanting to demonize sex and drive it back underground. If they go after Grindr it's going to have a chilling effect on sex just like when CL got taken down. It was bad enough to hookup after CL went down and if Grindr goes I dunno what the fuck I'm gonna do. I've already started doing more old school cruising like bathrooms and gyms for hookups. If Grindr goes there's gonna be a lot of desperate horny gay guys in bars again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pozlover1 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 It’s Chinese owners undoubtedly share information with Chinese Intelligence, who undoubtedly shares information with the spies here that don’t drive congresswomen around. And they probably aren’t all Chinese. Even in 2019 some married guys COULD be blackmailed into, oh, I don’t know, giving them plans for quiet submarine propellors or sabotaging Boeing elevator jackscrews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BreedMeInVegas Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) It's not always about the content of the app or service, it's about the divulging of location information: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases Edited March 30, 2019 by BreedMeInVegas spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbtwink95 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Here is a bit more information. Apparently China wanted access to HIV information. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/inside-grindr-fears-china-wanted-access-user-data-hiv-research-n989996 Edited April 2, 2019 by bbtwink95 Wrong link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pozlover1 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 3/30/2019 at 6:51 PM, BreedMeInVegas said: It's not always about the content of the app or service, it's about the divulging of location information: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases They don’t need Grindr. Just go on Google Maps and look for blocked out areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BreedMeInVegas Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 4:37 PM, Pozlover1 said: They don’t need Grindr. Just go on Google Maps and look for blocked out areas. I think that's part of the problem, there are so many apps utilizing location services, it's the odd ones that are being used to figure that stuff out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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