TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban

Re:TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban by mcv on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:16AM (#24121171)

Exactly. As far as I'm aware, TikTok is pretty much malware, meant to collect every single possible piece of information it can get access to on your phone, so I would recommend everybody to avoid it, and I'm not opposed to a ban at all.

What matters is the way it's banned. And why. And the current process feels every bit as wrong as TikTok itself.

What the US needs is proper data protection laws. And then it should enforce those laws equally against US and foreign companies. Just arbitrarily banning one thing because you realise that what you always allowed for US companies, is suddenly a problem when it's a Chinese company, is absolutely wrong.

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Re:TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban by parliament32 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:10PM (#24122763)

TikTok collects less data then Facebook, Linkedin, Google, and thousands of other apps in the app store. "It collects so much info" is pure FUD.. the app doesn't even request the Location permission FFS.

Please provide a source.

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Re:TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban by foresto on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:17PM (#24136372)

TikTok might (as far as we know and at any given moment) collect fewer individual pieces of data than other apps, but they have been caught circumventing protections and covertly collecting data.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tiktok-tracked-use...

Their actions are not justified by what other apps do. Regardless of whether GP's comment included speculation or was merely using hyperbole, the sentiment is reasonable. At this point, I think it would be irresponsible to defend TikTok.