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Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by narcissismo on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:33AM (#25657128)
Wait - "Chinese software applications can access and capture vast swaths of information from users, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information" Doing this is now a bad thing? I thought it was the fundamental idea behind the tech industry.
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Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by the_other on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:40AM (#25657175)
It is (sadly) but also it depends where that data goes. From the US government perspective:

- data goes to US corporations == fine

- data goes to CCP == not fine

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Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by iKevinShah on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:38AM (#25657157)
> I thought it was the fundamental idea behind the tech industry.

It is. But it seems that lately governments in their own silos are thinking I can do it, you cant.

PS: Not saying in any way to allow capture of vast swaths of information to anyone :)

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