“I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets”

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> Date: September 26, 2017 at 9:21:54 AM EDT
> To: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets
>
> ...clip
>
> With the help of privacy activist Paul-Olivier Dehaye from personaldata.io and human rights lawyer Ravi Naik, I 
> emailed Tinder requesting my personal data and got back way more than I bargained for.
>
> Some 800 pages came back containing information such as my Facebook “likes”, my photos from Instagram (even after I 
> deleted the associated account), my education, the age-rank of men I was interested in, how many times I connected, 
> when and where every online conversation with every single one of my matches happened … the list goes on.
>
> “I am horrified but absolutely not surprised by this amount of       data,” said Olivier Keyes, a data scientist at 
> the University of Washington. “Every app you use regularly on your phone owns the same [kinds of information]. 
> Facebook has thousands of pages about you!”
>
> ...clip
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dating-app-messages-hacked-sold



-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580
Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125
Unsubscribe Now: 
https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20170926093046:E4F01B74-A2BE-11E7-8945-EA1749A604D4
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com