Grindr sold users’ location data
 

Yesterday in the news there were stories about how Grindr sold users exact location data.

This is just what has always scared me about the sex apps - they can track exactly where you are - and by proximity who you are with and by looking at patterns where you live and work!


"Grindr sold users’ location data for years, may have outed Catholic priest: report"

https://nypost.com/2022/05/02/grindr...-years-report/

This was a thing in 2021.

Grindr sells "anonymized" info, except your location events are tied to a central ID number and software can search it all for the closest match to some known person's movements.

Grindr was also bought by China a few years back, then Trump blocked the sale - rightly, as having all your data go to China's database profiles that they keep on every person (not just their own people) would be that much worse.

The latest thing is that Grindr hopes to go public. If that goes through, you (or your mutual fund or retirement plan) might eventually own a piece of it.

Grindr Announces Plans to Go Public With Multibillion Valuation

Grindr as a public stock?

There is very little in the financial world you can count on - but you know you can depend on horny gay guys always to be looking for action!

There may be a chance I can retire after all!