FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by jpk on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:47AM (#32149050)

Again, I agree, "We want corps to stop hoovering up our data because they can use it to manipulate us with advertising, and they can mishandle it such that _other bad actors can exploit it_."

My point is, if finding the political will required to stop TikTok is easier than it is to regulate data collection more generally, we shouldn't let perfect be the enemy of good.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by cudgy on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:09AM (#32149200)

Yes, we are in agreement. I was responding to the comment “But I think TikTok's specific case warrants additional concern because it's all that, plus …”. My point is that they are all a concern and plugging a few holes in the privacy dam will not prevent China from getting the data. I’d be very surprised if China does not already have 100’s even 1000’s of agents working in US tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Furthermore, almost all of the devices and many of the chips we use to run apps are built in China. Why is the FCC not concerned about that?

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