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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by washadjeffmad on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:31PM (#34113253)
Only the apps for TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram are being blocked and removed, not the websites, and only from state property.

There's a privacy and security (read: espionage) concern with the apps right now.

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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by endianswap on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:37PM (#34113290)
According to TFA they're blocked from being accessed from school wi-fi, not only from state property.
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by washadjeffmad on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:47PM (#34113341)
Not accurate in Georgia. I can VPN into two institutions and access those domains, and so far one of the Networking teams says they've been given no order to block by DNS or IP. They also have no separate VLAN for student wifi.
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by ffssffss on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:04AM (#34114159)
The two schools are University of Oklahoma and Auburn University.
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by washadjeffmad on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:02AM (#34116075)
The article explicitly mentions the University System of Georgia.
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by someNameIG on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:38PM (#34113292)
What security/espionage concerns does Telegram have?
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by washadjeffmad on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:55PM (#34113408)
My assumption is because it was developed by a Russian, and someone in the US government is worried that the communications or e2ee could be compromised by another nation.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/telegram-encryption-end-to-e...

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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by sahkopoyta on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:22AM (#34115038)
> e2ee could be compromised by another nation Which is not even enabled on regular conversations.. only on specifically created secret chats
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Re:TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill p... by washadjeffmad on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:05AM (#34116097)
It also looks like not long ago apps were able to collect and transmit the contents of clipboards on iOS and Android.
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