Back when Grindr was owned by a Chinese company there was concerns that data from the platform could be used to blackmail western politicians and civil servants.

I can't remember the details but my point is - just because you don't live in China it doesn't mean you're risk free.

That's worse, not better. Ignorance of the danger is not an advantage.

are you proud of not knowing something?

Not what I meant, the US is grabbing all the information on their own, don't think they aren't. Maybe some of you more sophisticated computer heads can avoid it, but I wouldn't expect it.

They have everything compromised on a basic level, basic levels. China could sell your information back to the US too though in some kind of deal.

But yeah I agree, I'd rather have foreign governments having it than mine own. But it's near impossible for a layman, or person without substantial resources, to keep their information out of the hands of the NSA and data brokers, I strongly suspect, as Edward Snowden informed us.