What will happen to your Grindr profile now that the app has been sold

You might not know it but your Grindr profile was in the hands of a Chinese group. And it is that Beijing Kunlun Tech has 60 percent of the company since 2016. A percentage that increased the percentage to 100 percent in January 2018. And since then there have been interest, security and privacy problems that have led the Chinese company to have to get rid of the app So yes, there's a new change of hands on Grindr.In the meantime, it's still one of your go-to flirting apps. Are you in any danger? Keep on reading to know everything.

Force sale

The problem of Grindr and the group Beijing Kunlun Tech arrives precisely in 2018, by taking over the entire application. It is then that the United States Government decides to intervene for reasons of national security. As reported in various media a few months ago, the lack of security of the application could put users of the United States army in check. Private information of their profiles and also their location. It should not be forgotten that Grindr works as a geolocation social network, collecting this location data and showing the profiles that are around the user according to proximity.

Given this situation, the pressure made Beijing Kunlun Tech commit to selling the application before June 2020. Something that it has complied with by selling to the American group San Vicente Acquisition LLC for a total of 608.5 million dollars (about 539.1 million euros) Of course, the sale must still be approved by the Committee for Foreign Investments in the United States United States, as reported by Kunlun Tech in a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange.

With this they would comply with the agreement and even so they would benefit significantly from a juicy sale. And we must not forget that Beijing Kunlun Tech took over 100 percent of Grindr for 245 million dollars (about 214 million euros).

And what happens to my profile

At the moment neither Beijing Kunlun Tech nor San Vicente Acquisition LLC have made final statements on what will happen to the profiles of current Grindr users We have contacted the people responsible for the application and will update this information as soon as we have more details.

However, and taking into account that it is a reference application as far as gay contacts are concerned, it is difficult to think that there is no continuity. The tool would have more than 4 million active users per month around the world. And not only that, but also a story that dates back to 2009. Which means that it is the best-known application in this market. Although it is not the only one. Undoubtedly, a story and an outlay that should be well used to give continuity

Now, in the hands of other people the application could receive changes. Perhaps in the not so visible security part, but also in the form of new functions and features. It's too early to tell right now.

Security issues

Concentrating personal information in the same application with different political and social implications can be dangerous. And if the application does not work as it should, even more so. In the case of Grindr, anyone can open a profile where they can express their sexual inclinations or tastes. So far nothing that poses a real problem in advanced societies. The problem is when this data transcends the application or is used by the police in countries where homosexuality is punishable It was the case of Egypt, with which Grindr allowed users to disable its location feature. Or even hide the app icon.

However, this is not the only problem that this tool for gay men has faced. There are also controversies around the he alth information that is poured into it.And it is possible to identify yourself as a carrier of HIV. Some information that could have been exposed due to software problems presented by the application.