Re:TikTok admits to spying on U.S. users as effort to ban th...
by foreverCarlos on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:21PM
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All countries that tightly control their Internet bubble have very free societies: just look at NK, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, etc. If only the US could have as little spying as those countries!
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Re:TikTok admits to spying on U.S. users as effort to ban th...
by jacooper on Monday December 26, 2022 @04:58AM
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Lol, you think Saudi Arabia can be compared to China?
You have no idea.
And the problem is not the spying it self, rather its that one country has all the data mining companies, and has regulations to force these companies to give them data even if its breaks local laws.
And when a truly foreign competitor showed up, guess what? They banned it(huawei) and now they want to ban software too(Tiktok).
Yet they go moaning about data protection laws limiting their companies reach and spying power.
> If only the US could have as little spying as those countries!
They already do, if not more. These countries have local spying power, and foreign teams. While the US almost controls the entire internet, they can spy on anyone anywhere.