Drew HarwellMar 9, 2023

Wild story: A group of conservative Catholics has spent millions of dollars to buy mobile app tracking data to identify priests who used gay dating and hookup apps

"A new surveillance frontier in which private individuals can track other Americans’ locations and activities using commercially available information"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/09/catholics-gay-priests-grindr-data-bishops/

Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests

The group used the data to find clerics who used Grindr and other dating and hookup apps and shared their work with bishops, a Post investigation has found.

The Washington Post
Show threadJessica CourtneyMar 9, 2023
@drewharwell Leaving aside whether this should even be possible, how depressing that with all the possibilities on which to spend their money this is what they chose. Complete absence of philanthropy.
Show threadPB Livin'
@jesscourtney @drewharwell Jesus would have some words for them
Mar 9, 2023 at 8:54pmWeb