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Re:Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Gr... by Macross8299 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:48PM (#19506996)
My guess is the density of potential blackmail material _is_ what sets it apart from the others -- the very act of being registered on Grindr is almost a smoking gun for being non-heterosexual if you wanted to out somebody. Much better odds of finding a target that matches with your other info and much more "damning" evidence to scare people with.

edit: Furthermore, what other Chinese company owns a dating site used frequently by westerners?

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Re:Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Gr... by zachr on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @07:44PM (#19507480)
Unique with Grindr is that it's a safe bet that the majority of users have sent and received explicit photos. So if you want to find a congressman's dick pics that his wife doesn't know he's been sending to men..... grindr is probably a good place to do it.
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Re:Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Gr... by yorwba on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @07:06PM (#19507167)
For evidence, you'd probably produce screenshots of their profile and threaten to send them to people who know the blackmail victim. Now maybe having the Grindr logo on there is a bit scarier, but any other dating site with a profile listing "taboo" interests should work just as well.

Regarding your edit: I didn't mean that there was another Chinese company owning a dating site used by Westerners, but that it would explain what made Grindr special if there weren't another such company.

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