Posted on 03/27/2019 8:11:18 AM PDT by PGR88
A US government committee has pressured Grindr’s Chinese owner to sell the LGBTQ dating app over national security concerns, reports Reuters. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is reportedly concerned about owner Beijing Kunlun Tech’s access to personal data. The Chinese conglomerate, which also has an ownership stake in the Opera browser, purchased Grindr outright in 2018.
The US has increasingly scrutinised the way apps collect and handle personal data, especially in cases where it involves members of the US Military or intelligence services. Kunlun did not go through the voluntary process of submitting its acquisition of the service to the CFIUS for review, but Reuters notes that it’s rare for the committee to undo an acquisition after it’s been completed.
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US government people using an app for hook ups that has Chinese presence. What could possibly go wrong?
Apparently LGBTQ folks rate protections from the ChiComs that none of the rest of us do.
Let’s get this right, a “LGBTQ dating app” and involving “members of the US Military or intelligence services”. Instead of worrying about ownership of the site—the data is obviously already out and available—shouldn’t they be tracking down these “members of the US Military or intelligence services”, revoking their clearances, firing them, discharging them, maybe prosecuting and jailing them if they have falsely reported themselves or activities?
Fed.gov is gravely worried about national-security concerns regarding possible Chinese access to information on the identities of powerful and connected Americans - and their random-homosexual hookups.
But hundreds of thousands of unknown people just walking across the border every year? Not a problem at all!
The security concern used to be that homosexuals were at risk of being blackmailed, but that all got thrown out the window.
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