# I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets | Technology | The Guardian

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dating-app-messages-hacked-sold>

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## What Jamie wrote

There are a lot of posts about all that Facebook knows about you — it’s interesting to see one on what Tinder knows about it’s users. This line at the end of the article drew my attention.

> As a typical millennial constantly glued to my phone, my virtual life has fully merged with my real life. There is no difference any more.

That puts Terms of Service and Privacy Policies in a bit of a different light.

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- [WT21: Weekly Thing for September 30, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/21/), Links 📌

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