I was somewhat surprised that the creators of an app like Tinder would even be interested in gathering data on someone. Tinder collects data by based on what you have on your Facebook account, which I knew about, but what I didn’t realize was that it also aggregates\u00a0information if you have an\u00a0account with a similar service (OkCupid, OurTime, BlackPeopleMeet, Twoo, Match, and HowAboutWe), by my\u00a0mobile device ID, and if I’ve\u00a0even visited one of their websites. Solely based on a cursorily assumption, but I believe Tinder uses this data on a two fold scale, partially to help a user find better matches, but also to allow for targeted advertising by themselves and third parties.<\/p>\n
It’s somewhat disconcerting that Tinder would sell the personal information I’d share on their service with any number of unknown to me companies (though I also can’t help but wonder what information is on their that I don’t share willingly through some other service). I’d assume for Tinder itself any targeted advertising would be regarding any deals\/offers the app is offering for its service, but I’m less than clear on what value it poses for other companies. Again, given that most of the same information should be found on my Facebook page, anything regarding interests that might be a source to targets can easily be found out about me through practically any other app.<\/p>\n
Even though I know I signed away my right to this data when I created this account, I can’t help but feel like it’s unreasonable for any company to, whether blatantly or not, put rules\u00a0that allow them and others access to our privacy just because they know it’ll be too long and technical for an average user to go through it all. It’s unfair since practically any service requires this information and essentially giving it up becomes a requirement to participate in the digital world (though any argument I make relating Tinder to something more necessary like Facebook is probably just going to hurt my reputation). However I don’t consider this hacking in the technical sense, since we are volunteering this information and they do, however obtusely, inform us of\u00a0what they’re planning to do.<\/p>\n
In terms of trying to place myself in the mindset of a “hacktivist”, I would only believe it would be a civic duty to reveal information to the public if they were somehow being harmed, but even so I’m not sure I myself would be willing to ruin my life to make this stuff known. I don’t know if it’d be personally worth it, but I do respect people willing to break the law if it means helping others, and in the case of the Panama papers, I think the only ethical choice would’ve been to make these dealings known to the public. So even though the data was stolen, I don’t see an actual wrong as having been committed, and therefor see a trial as unfair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was somewhat surprised that the creators of an app like Tinder would even be interested in gathering data on someone. Tinder collects data by based on what you have on your Facebook account, which I knew about, but what I didn’t realize was that it also aggregates\u00a0information if you have an\u00a0account with a similar
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