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I don’t get this?
Sure the other failure mentioned in the article sounds serious, but not disclosing you had a Grindr account years ago? How is that at all important?
Well, the article didn’t publish the pictures so we can’t really tell. But in general, “pictures of a sexual nature” is not something you want your security chief to have ‘out there’ such that they could be compromised.
Like a pee tape, for example.
It only matters if he's ashamed of it. If he owns it, then it can't be used against him.
That’s my read. I have no idea why this isn’t more common.
“Yeah, I’m a freak. Yeah, I like to have a burly man do things to me that make most people curl up in fear. That’s just who I am. Now let’s talk about [REDACTED].”
Apparently you can just say “nuh uh!” and people will buy it
I think we already have the answer to that, yeah?
If he doesn't give a flying fuck about it, there isn't any option for blackmail.
Well, that’s certainly one way to look at it.
I guess he didn't disclose it in a security review, so he failed to execute the "fly your freak flag high" part.
But if they own it, it can't be used as extortion/blackmail?
Who the fuck cares that they had a dating profile with sexy pictures?!
Edit:
I guess it's because he was a high profile security person that didn't disclose a social account, and pictures from that account were released.
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Prosecutors said in the indictment that Landerholm had through negligence disclosed "information relating to conditions of a secret nature and whose disclosure to a foreign power could cause harm to Sweden's security".
Oh, so the whole Grindr/gay thing doesn't actually matter. The guy disclosed sensitive info to foreign powers.
Further edit:
Seems like a double whammy article...
Hate on Sweden for seemingly forcing out a gay person.
Hate on government person cause he used Grindr.
Seems like the dude leaked info he shouldn't have?
The resignation comes just months after Thyberg's predecessor in the high-profile job stepped down and was charged with negligent handling of classified information.
Henrik Landerholm announced his resignation in January as police opened an investigation after he allegedly left classified documents in an unlocked safe at a hotel during a conference.
These are not the same person. Thyberg resigned over Grindr photos, while Landerholm left classified documents unguarded.
I don't get why that's something you need to resign over. I mean I do - but I also don't.
"Is this your dick in this picture?"
Yes, next question?
What would that have to do with his job?
Am I reading this correctly? He was asked for his social media accounts and didn't disclose his Grindr account. When that then leaked, then it was obvious he had lied in his social media account disclosure, and that's the official reason he was let go.
Grindr isn't social media. Does it have a wall where your post things to followers? I thought it was just dating.
I thought it was just dating.
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It's a hookup app. It has features where you post your nudes to anyone in your vicinity, not just followers
So it's not social. There are no public or even all-friends-only conversations or updates about current events
Idk if you're being deliberately being obtuse, but the gay community uses these apps a lot as social media. They have group chats, friend lists, friend only conversations, video chat, and all that jazz.
Several governments and charities have also partnered with these hookup apps to disseminate updates about current events and news in the gay community, such as pertaining to STI prevention and management strategies, legislative changes, and advice on how not to get hate crimed when going out.
I guess "I've never used it" is being deliberately obtuse, but if "group chats, friend lists, and conversations" are all it takes to be social media, then texting is a social media account. If "video chat" is social media, then FaceTime is a social media account.
I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse but obviously these are not social media like Facebook, Myspace, or even YouTube. They're just chat. And that's not social media by any contemporary definition.
I was listing specific examples which appealed to your non standard definition of social media, but you've moved the goalposts, and ignored the extra features such as STI services that even typical social media often lack. Anyway, it seems that you have a narrow and non contemporary definition of social media. It is simply any form of mass communication over the internet, including but not limited to email mailing lists, BBS, or even "just chat" because surprise, people use these systems as social media.
Social media | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts | Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-media
I've never moved the goalposts. I've held the entire time that social media is a platform for sharing the ongoings of your life with friends or public via a single post.
By your definition, writing your phone number on a bathroom stall is social media. By your definition, literally every single account based service on the Internet is social media.
A term should mean something. It shouldn't just be a fancy team for "oh, you know, everything ever"
grindr is more of a hookup to have sex, much like tinder is.
Rookie move, everyone knows that the minute you enter public life you release all your own dick pics.
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