Kashmir HillMar 9, 2023

This is a "holy shit" story with an emphasis on the holy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/09/catholics-gay-priests-grindr-data-bishops/

To out priests using Grindr, a conservative group spent "millions of dollars" on mobile app tracking data.

This whole saga has been one of the most illuminating case studies in the privacy harms that can come from "aggregated" and "de-identified" data being freely sold in the marketplace.

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.

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Show threadLed By Gilded Fools

@kashhill Sex advice columnist Dan Savage used to write a column called "Youth Pastor Watch" that addressed the same subject, but using public databases of police reports. This takes it a next level.

(1) https://www.thestranger.com/collections/21584246/youth-pastor-watch

(2) https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/08/18/2065910/youth-pastor-watch

(3) https://www.thestranger.com/religion/2016/04/29/24022546/the-return-of-youth-pastor-watch

Youth Pastor Watch - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper

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Show threadAngry CentristMar 10, 2023
@MHowell @kashhill I'd say this is quite a bit different than the Youth Pastor Watch thing, because anyone LEGALLY using hookup apps like grindr is an adult. (yeah I realize there are undoubtedly teens who lie at sign-up.) Priests using grindr are more likely seeking adult, consensual situations.