They don’t have any way of knowing this and they put all of their users at risk by selling their location data. How does Grindr know if all of their users are out? Do they know exactly who they’re selling this information to? How do they know that those who bought the information are going to use it properly? The root of the issue is that the LGBTQAI+ community is a community at risk. Who in their right mind thought this was okay? Grindr initially did so to create “real-time ad exchanges” for their users, to find places super close to their location. Sure, Grindr claims they have been doing this less and less since 2020, but the issue still remains: they have been selling the location of people who are in a marginalized community – a community that has faced a huge amount of oppression in the past and is still facing it to this day.

Grindr, a gay hook-up app, is an app where a marginalized community is revealing their location to find a person to connect to. Grindr has admitted to selling their user’s data, however, they are specifically selling the location of their users without regard for liability concerns. Which is annoying, but not necessarily outright dangerous, right? Information is no longer private in this day and age companies will buy and sell whatever information they can get their hands on for a quick buck. If you’re like me, you probably get spam calls a lot.