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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by 4oh9do on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:53PM (#31927558)
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.
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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by noptd on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:47AM (#31930422)
>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...

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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by em3rgent0rdr on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:49AM (#31928795)
"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.
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