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Re: Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

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Post by ratling » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 11:56 PM UTC

notyourday wrote: post #109

ratling wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where did I say... literally any of that?

There's no magic AI in Grindr that can answer the question "Show me all people that work for DoD that are into gay sex". There has to be some engineer or group of engineers to do it. It is the same with a Hinge/OKC/Match/etc.

Because they don't have a bunch of location information for everyone on grindr?

If only someone did something in the last few years that would make this data super valuable. Like if Chinese intelligence broke into the US governments HR system and absconded with the data (including all their personal information including where they live).

Oh wait...

Re: Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

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Post by sneak » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 12:56 AM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #61

sneak wrote: post #53

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Nationality is a proxy for race. Discrimination based on nationality is discrimination based on race. Just like race, one has no say in where they were born. You don’t get to arbitrarily change it if you don’t like the one that was assigned to you by the people with the most arms in the region in which you happen to be born.

So presumably you believe that the Chinese government should give Americans jobs where they have access to Chinese secrets?

Governments derive power from the governed. I have yet to understand an explanation that justifies the government keeping secrets from the governed.

Re: Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

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Post by sneak » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 11:13 AM UTC

throwaway2048 wrote: post #71

stevefan1999 wrote: post #70

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So you can't marry a Chinese American for he/she is both Chinese and American at the same time by your logic, or they should not even exist in the first hand?

No, you can not marry like that _and expect a security clearance_. Security clearances aren't a human right.

Why is the state entitled to secrets from those from which it derives all of its powers and authority?

Re: Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

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Post by KerrickStaley » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 12:36 AM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #81

KerrickStaley wrote: post #79

This is a very tinfoil-hat-y perspective, but is it possible that this action gained support inside the Trump White House because it makes life more difficult for Grindr? I think the theory that it's about potential blackmail and extortion is a more likely explanation, and overall I think it makes sense for the government to take this action, but it might have been boosted by ulterior motives (see also CNN/AT&T/Time…

But they’re seeking to have it be sold... not shutdown. So why would that be part of the WH agenda?

It still creates financial turmoil for Grindr, especially given that it was considering an IPO. The IPO would have been a financial windfall for many employees, whereas an acquisition may mean no immediate liquidity for those employees' shares and may have less desirable terms (because it's forced and has to be completed by some deadline). This may hurt morale.