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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by badRNG on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:37PM (#24077891)
The ban of an app like TikTok is absolutely unprecedented and is very atypical. This isn't par-for-the-course behavior by the US government, and the outcome of this ban will set a precedent for other apps the US bans on "national security" grounds.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by blisseyGo on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:42AM (#24080134)
The most recent example was Grindr which was first sold to Chinese company and the government had to force them to sell it back because the app contained location info of potentially sensitive military personnel.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by googthrowaway42 on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:12AM (#24078197)
Didn't they ban the use of Huawei in all telecommunication infrastructure a few months ago?
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