US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns

Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by peteontherun on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:40PM (#24520395)

Although this is very reactionary and targeted, I hope it eventually spurs a structured process to handle issues like these, ie:

a) Clear criteria for what constitutes an app national security risk

b) An actual government process to evaluate, respond, and enforce against all potential app threats (not just based on popularity, though scale is a factor in prioritization)

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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by pessimizer on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:45PM (#24520445)

I'd rather they not institutionalize this. More bureaucracy isn't going to be meaningful if this is the model, the bureaucracy will just exist to whitewash this stuff in the future.

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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by jessaustin on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:48PM (#24520501)

I also prefer "less authoritarianism" to "more reasonable authoritarianism".

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