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and then a Chinese company buys an American app that already has all the data

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They already have Grindr (for now)

That sale was blocked due to security concerns, so no.

Currently Grindr is owned by Kunlun, but they have agreed to sell it by June 2020.

By now, I'd be relatively certain that all but the absolute blackest sites are mapped comprehensively with publicly available app data.

An American financial service that I had multiple accounts with was just bought by a Chinese organization. There was nothing obscure about the service nor was there publicly available data about my accounts.

I'd say buying Experian is the nightmare scenario but all that data has already leaked. So maybe buying a major US bank like Wells Fargo is the way to go if someone wants more detailed data about American spending habits. I'm sure it's why Google's Project Cache is extending their reach to banking in 2020.

wouldn't surprise me if the military makes you strip naked, put your clothes in a microwave, then put them back on before getting on the plane to the black site. Each and every time.

Anything less than such ridiculous methods would be insecure. You can literally embed chips in the fabric of your clothing. https://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?11587

... Why would you not simply issue them new clothes instead of (potentially dangerously) microwaving theirs?

How would they sanitize the clothes they already gave them when they leave and return?

On the way in, they leave everything from outside, and on the way out, they leave everything from the inside and take what they brought in from the outside.

Because it's the military so everything technical is done/designed obtusely...although your idea is more in line with typical financial/resource wastefulness so it wouldn't surprise me either!

How do you ensure the new clothes aren't embedded with some chip placed by a spy who has access to the supply chain but not the black-site?

I'd assume they give them new clothes & microwave said new clothes. along with other precautions.

US Congress has the authority to block such acquisitions.

Yes, we have all seen Silicon Valley.

All of us don't watch TV series.

some of us do watch TV series.

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