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Looking for love and sex on Tinder, soldiers endanger national security
An investigation by Follow the Money identified the Tinder accounts of hundreds of soldiers in Europe, including many Americans. Through their dating app profiles, FTM was able to find out personal data such as home addresses and track their movements to and from military bases. Such apps are known to be used by foreign intelligence agencies and malicious actors to extract sensitive information from people in positions of power or in possession of classified data. But are major governments fully aware of the threat?
The problem is that these singletons are soldiers scrolling through Tinder while on duty, either unaware or unconcerned about the fact that the dating app is indirectly giving away their personal data, current location and even their movements between military bases, an investigation by Follow the Money has revealed. The age-old tactic of the honey trap – whereby unsuspecting targets in positions of power or with access to sensitive data are approached by attractive individuals and deceived through flattery or other means – has evolved from smoky bars and glitzy nightclubs to the likes of Facebook and Tinder. Later that year, a joint investigation by Bellingcat and Dutch publication De Correspondent found that another fitness app, Polar, was revealing exercise by military and intelligence personnel in secretive locations including Guantanamo Bay and Baghdad’s Green Zone.
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