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Legend2440 • yesterday at 2:25 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> TikTok was only able to receive this information with the help of the Israeli data company AppsFlyer and Grindr itself.

So basically, the TikTok app is not spying on your dating apps - your dating apps are willingly selling your information to them, through intermediaries.

This means uninstalling tiktok won’t help. And worse, many other companies are getting your dating info too.

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Animats • yesterday at 2:45 AM

Grindr had a big data "leak" in 2024.[1] Not a "leak", really, just ordinary reselling of people's gay and HIV status. In 2025, a data broker who resold Grindr data also had a big breach. That wasn't Grindr-specific - it included Temple Run, Subway Surfers, Tinder, Grindr, MyFitnessPal, Candy Crush, Truecaller, 9GAG, Microsoft 365, and others. But not TikTok, because TikTok monetizes that info themselves.

[1] https://thehill.com/business/4614940-grindr-sold-hiv-status-...

[2] https://www.pcmag.com/news/major-data-broker-leak-might-have...