From Tinder to running apps: Cellphones become a front for recruitment, spying, and sabotaging the enemy
22 September 2026 at 14:34
The alarms raised by the relationship between a Spanish NATO commander and a woman of Russian origin he met on Tinder, the dating app, are the latest chapter in a new espionage battleground: web applications. Sharing content on social media, posting your morning run, or looking for love online has become a latent risk for militaries around the world.

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