Re:Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
by snehk on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:37AM
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That's fairly normal data collection and nothing out of the ordinary at all.
Re:Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
by kube-system on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:38AM
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It is. The new part for most westerners is the political jurisdiction that those legal requests are beholden to.
Re:Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
by Spivak on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:56AM
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Which I guess is "welcome to how everyone not in the US thinks about the US." So 100% it's a change for us but the rest of the world seems to have acclimated to it fine-ish.
Re:Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
by kube-system on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:03AM
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I don't disagree with that sentiment. Although it is more understandable that many outside of the US/CN/RU might use foreign social networks, because they don't have any major domestic alternatives... whereas the US has several direct competitors to TikTok.
Re:Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
by TheFragenTaken on Thursday March 02, 2023 @04:52AM
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What you list is exactly what I am saying. Moreover you are conjecturing by saying "deny OS permissions".
Simply put, an app cannot do something that would require permissions, without it (unless exploiting vulns). Do you perhaps mean IP location? Which is incomplete, can be spoofed, or manipulated.
I agree that no app should probably have this power, but what the original commenter posits, is that TikTok is overreaching. Where "over" is compared to everyone else (including western media). Even, most websites collect this information with or without consent.
Did you read it? Because that is not what it says. That page also explains how they:
* fingerprint your device, and your biometrics, and ID your device even when you don't log in
* collect your location information even if you deny OS permissions
* collect information about your viewing habits
* collect and share information from data brokers
* share information with foreign companies in their corporate group, and comply with all legal requests. (and there's a link for more detail that returns a 404)