Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r...
by dvngnt_ on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:19AM
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China can't do anything that the US government cant already do. I'd rather China have my data as they can't touch me
Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r...
by AlexandrB on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:40AM
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> Even though a lot of data collection was done without warrants in the USA, there's been a lot of blowback...
Was there? Who went to jail for it? Did anyone even get fired?
James Clapper lied to Congress[1] about data collection, the only reason we even know is a leaker who can never return to the US for his "crimes". Meanwhile Clapper served out the rest of Obama's presidency and now has a cushy job at CNN[2].
If this "blowback", accountability is dead.
[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2013/07/02/james-clapper-admits-he-...
[2] https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/23/cnn-msnbc-15-spooks-mccab...
I don't think this is true. And I've run a privacy advocate organisation and I'm a complete Snowden fanboy. But if I had to choose between giving my data to the CCP or the American government, the choice is easy.
Even though a lot of data collection was done without warrants in the USA, there's been a lot of blowback, and there is still changing presidents/executive, changing representatives, and rule of law (not perfect, but still there).
On the other side you have a CCP rolling out social scoring, running concentration camps, etc etc.
It's just not the same. Let's not pretend it is somehow equivalent.