As TikTok grows, so does suspicion

Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by trasz on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:50PM (#32047663)

>China passed a law a couple of years ago requiring all Chinese companies to give the government live access to their databases.

Yeah, just like US. TikTok isn't any different from, say, YouTube in this regard.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by ThisIsMyAltFace on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:07PM (#32047845)

This is just 100% untrue

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by thrown_22 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @06:14PM (#32049653)

Yes, what happens is that the US asks Australia, part of 5 eyes, to use their back doors, which need to be install by law there https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio..., for any user data US agencies want.

Completely different to China just having access to that data.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by trasz on Monday July 11, 2022 @03:58AM (#32053437)

I like how this is getting downvoted despite being provably correct.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by thrown_22 on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:38PM (#32064125)

I like to say that the difference between Republicans and Democrats in the US is that Republicans break the law and Democrats subvert it.

It's no wonder that the largely liberal audience of HN supports the subversion route the US takes compared to the more brutal but vastly more honest way the Chinese do it.

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