Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by hsbauauvhabzb on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:49AM
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You wouldn’t do that at scale unless you were basically going to war anyway.
Scenario 1: deploy malware on highly targeted devices
Scenario 2: deploy ddos logic or similar to all devices within a region
Interpret this as ‘what could happen in theory’ as opposed to any TikTok specific accusation. I’m not even sure it is possible to dynamically execute code under Android or iOS.
Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by sudosysgen on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:05PM
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You can dynamically execute code on Android. Not on iOS, as far as I am aware. It's a pretty common design pattern for games, for example.
Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by schmuelio on Thursday March 30, 2023 @08:16AM
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I don't know if there's been new stuff about it recently, but there's a good chance this is just sourced from a single reddit post that says they decompiled the app and found "loads of dodgy security problems just trust me"
I haven't found a source for this that doesn't trace back to this one reddit post.
So can your web browser. Unless you can actually provide a source here to clarify, you're spreading baseless speculation. Even if the CCP were literally controlling tiktok, it would be stupid of them to turn it into literal malware for a few moments of... what, exactly? And in doing so destroy the most popular social media app of its generation that literally every social app is trying to copy and catch up to.
The CCP aren't cartoon villains.