U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cyberattacks

Re:U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cy... by vxNsr on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:44AM (#27883877)

If you don’t believe Tiktok is a national security threat you are hopelessly naive.

MyFitnessPal, Strava, etc are threats to national security and they’re US based, but you think that Tiktok isn’t because someone you don’t like said it is? That’s playground logic.

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Re:U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cy... by tablespoon on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:14PM (#27884257)

> If you don’t believe Tiktok is a national security threat you are hopelessly naive.

Yeah, it's pretty much a bomb waiting to be used. It might not have been used yet, but that's no reason to claim it's harmless and sleep next to it.

Though, Facebook and Twitter are not much better, and only somewhat less exploitable by the same adversary (there's capitalism for you).

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Re:U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cy... by chalst on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:22PM (#27885080)

Given the goals of the US, anything that weakens US hegemony can be regarded as a national security threat. Naturally, any internationally successful social media technology not under the control of US corporations counts.

If you are not American, though, the TikTok drama has been one of the more darkly amusing spectacles.

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Re:U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cy... by partiallypro on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:29PM (#27885150)

The US isn't the only country that has claimed TikTok is a national security threat though.

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Re:U.S. and key allies accuse China of Microsoft Exchange cy... by vxNsr on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:37PM (#27885882)

India disagrees with you but ok.

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