[ad_1] Lynch speculated that these countries could use the data to blackmail and recruit American government workers, or obtain “undue foreign influence” on US policy. He also imagined a scenario where hostile countries could use the data to profile everyday US citizens for the sake of future diplomatic and military battles. Apple and Google haven’t […]
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Grindr’s owner gave staff access to sensitive user data
[ad_1] CFIUS ordered Beijing Kunlun to restrict access to the database in September, according to the insiders. The Grindr team complied and functionally separated Grindr, but by February its parent company had decided to close the Beijing office entirely over policy and privacy concerns. The effort was for nothing, though, as CFIUS reportedly asked Beijing […]
Grindr’s Chinese owner has to sell the app by June 2020
[ad_1] The Chinese company purchased a majority stake in Grindr back in 2016, before snapping up the rest of the app a couple of years later. According to Reuters, Kunlun took over the company without submitting the acquisition to CFIUS — the agency in charge of assessing national security risks of overseas acquisitions — for […]