Jason Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Catholic priest quits after “anonymized” data revealed alleged use of Grindr ARSTECHNICA.COM Location data is almost never anonymous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 They’re making alter boys sign up on Grindr now? Like and Uber Pedo service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 That's a pretty scary case. I'm slightly curious if they were looking specifically for this guy, or if they were looking more broadly, perhaps looking for any grindr users that frequented catholic churches. It feels like this is one area where legislation is needed. I'm not sure if it should be entirely illegal to sell any kind of user data, but any data that is "anonymized" in aggregate should be stripped of unique identifiers. If you buy a mass of data, you shouldn't be able to single out a single user and follow their usage and location information. The NYT did a great story on this a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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