Why we can’t leave Grindr under Chinese control; The Washington Post, April 9, 2019

Isaac Stone Fish, The Washington Post; Why we can’t leave Grindr under Chinese control

"Because a Chinese company now oversees Grindr’s data, photographs and messages, that means the [Chinese Communist] Party can, if it chooses to do so, access all of that information, regardless of where it’s stored. And that data includes compromising photos and messages from some of America’s most powerful men — some openly gay, and some closeted.

Couple this with China’s progress in developing big data and facial recognition software, industries more advanced there than in the United States, and there are some concerning national security implications of a Chinese-owned Grindr. In other words, Beijing could now exploit compromising photos of millions of Americans. Think what a creative team of Chinese security forces could do with its access to Grindr’s data."