00:00Hey, Grindr is using your intimate photos to power its own artificial intelligence
00:05And it's not asking for your permission, but don't worry, at the end of this video we'll give you some tips
00:09Settings to protect you. Grindr is the most popular dating and hookup app.
00:14among gay men, bisexual men, and trans women worldwide. It functions as a kind of radar.
00:20which shows you which other app users are near where you are.
00:25I'm not sure if I really need to explain this to the dissident public.
00:29On Grindr you can upload a lot of intimate and sensitive personal information.
00:33From your age, your body type, your height, your status of sexually transmitted infections or diseases
00:40such as HIV, syphilis or others, medical information about your vaccination, your sexual preferences, fetishes
00:46And of course, your intimate photos.
00:49And if you think this information is safe in the app, well, a Norwegian court fined Sander.
00:55which is Microsoft's advertising technology company, for sharing personal information
01:02Grindr users with thousands of advertisers.
01:05In the UK, Grindr was also fined for sharing a lot of related information
01:11with HIV status of users with advertisers without any consent.
01:16In most countries your clinical information is extremely well protected.
01:20Revealing this data or these photos is a violation of your right to privacy.
01:25And in countries or contexts where homosexuality is a crime, the mere fact that it is known
01:30The fact that you're using the app is already extremely dangerous.
01:33In 2021 it was revealed that the American priest Jeffrey Burrill used the application.
01:38He held a high-ranking position in the Catholic Church and had to resign, and ended up denouncing it.
01:43the application for allegedly leaking their data.
01:47And a few weeks ago, an investigation by journalist Ronan Farrow came out that found
01:52that the Grindr app was using all this data to train its own intelligence
01:57artificial that is called GI, that is, GAY.
02:00This AI is the basis of the premium Edge service that measures what the conversations were.
02:06which are longer, more meaningful, and which profiles are more successful in terms of the number of interactions
02:12and then make them visible to each other.
02:14Edge is currently being tested in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and a few cities.
02:20from the United States.
02:20And some people can end up paying up to $500 a month.
02:24But the use of your information to train artificial intelligence is active in
02:29all users worldwide by default.
02:31Let's not forget that Grindr is a company with a high stock market valuation.
02:37from New York.
02:38And how does it generate profits if almost no one buys these premium services that are super expensive?
02:42By selling their users' data.
02:44In its defense, Grindr has said that its users give informed consent by using the app.
02:49But we know that nobody reads these very long terms and conditions texts.
02:55And the authorities that have ruled against Grindr argue that this is not consent.
03:00sufficiently informed.
03:01So how do I disable the use of my data to train Grindr's AI?
03:071. Click on your profile picture.
03:092. Go to Security and Privacy by clicking on the first icon at the top right corner.
03:143. Click on Privacy.
03:164. Privacy Settings.
03:175. Scroll down to the final section that says AI Technology Controls and turn them all off.
03:23the switches.
03:24It's important to note that disabling this option does not reverse the app's existing usage.
03:30He previously gave your information to train the artificial intelligence.
03:34But you can rest assured that the user experience will not change because of this.
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