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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by ethbro on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:24PM (#24063242)
> If Microsoft acquires TikTok how would they go about vetting all of the code to remove any malicious components?

Rename it "Skype for Teens". Make no changes to the codebase.

Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by beenBoutIT on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:41PM (#24063410)
That's more like it, but seriously there aren't a lot of articles written about app acquisition and the process of going through and debugging a massive codebase. If they buy it, no one from Microsoft will ever write a blog talking about how the code was a mess and how their team improved it.