Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove...
by 4oh9do on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:53PM
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Yeah, I'm aware of the any number of infinite Evil China (TM) hypotheticals. Let's put the sinophobia on hold for just a second, and answer my question: what are the practical (meaning documented) privacy/security concerns with TikTok? I linked to a report from a (gasp, Western) group showing that there weren't any, but I'm aware that the report is a year old, so I'm very interested in documented recent information, not just mindless anti-China ranting.
Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove...
by noptd on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:47AM
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>sinophobia
Purposely conflating China and the CCP, when the parent was criticizing the latter, is disingenuous at best.
>mindless anti-China ranting
And there goes arguing in good faith...
Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove...
by em3rgent0rdr on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:49AM
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"documented". Unfortunately TikTok is closed source & proprietary. Though some privacy/security concerns can be gleaned via inspection of the binary and by viewing its network packets and such, it is still a black box running inside everyone's pocket.
All videos get assigned a 0-1 anti- vs pro-CCP score. Videos with a >0.5 score get a slightly (~5%) better chance of being shown, and <0.5 is slightly penalized. This would be undetectable if the algorithm is run off device. Anti-CCP content would still play often. But on the massive scale TikTok runs, this would still tilt opinion favorably towards CCP.