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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by hulitu on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:49AM (#32149427)
The governments are the direct beneficiaries of this data collection either directly or indirectly.
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by gzer0 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:06AM (#32149526)
Exactly right. As can be seen via the purchases of large swaths of private location data by the Department of Homeland Security and other government entities, essentially side stepping US citizens’ 4th amendment rights [1].

[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/new-records-det...

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