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Caso de cura exhibido en EEUU muestra el peligro del rastreo
Cuando el medio católico The Pillar usó datos de una app para deducir la orientación sexual de un alto funcionario de la Iglesia en EEUU, expuso un problema que va más allá del debate sobre la doctrina religiosa y del celibato sacerdotal.
Con pocas restricciones en Estados Unidos sobre lo que las empresas pueden hacer con la gran cantidad de datos que recopilan de visitas a páginas web, apps y los rastreos de ubicación integrados en los celulares, no se puede hacer mucho para evitar espiar de forma similar a políticos, celebridades y prácticamente cualquiera que esté en la mira de la curiosidad o la malicia de otra persona.
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A couple of days ago, a conservative Catholic newsletter, The Pillar, published via Substack, scored quite the coup.
Using commercially available information, the reporters claimed that the most powerful priest (that is, not a bishop) in the United States was engaged in an actively homosexual lifestyle.
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, former general secretary of the U.S. bishops’ conference, announced his resignation Tuesday, after The Pillar found evidence the priest engaged in serial sexual misconduct, while he held a critical oversight role in the Catholic Church’s response to the recent spate of sexual abuse and misconduct scandals.
July 23, 2021 Share
When a religious publication used smartphone app data to deduce the sexual orientation of a high-ranking Roman Catholic official, it exposed a problem that goes far beyond a debate over church doctrine and priestly celibacy.
With few U.S. restrictions on what companies can do with the vast amount of data they collect from web page visits, apps and location tracking built into phones, there’s not much to stop similar spying on politicians, celebrities and just about anyone that’s a target of another person’s curiosity or malice.
Citing allegations of “possible improper behavior,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday announced the resignation of its top administrative official, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, ahead of a report by the Catholic news outlet The Pillar that probed his private romantic life.