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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by dmos62 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:41AM (#39692745)
Funnily enough, this is why I prefer Chinese devices and apps as a Westerner living in the West. My threat vector is my local security apparatus coercing my data or my devices. Correspondingly, If I were living in China, I'd consider it safer to use Western tech. Meanwhile, I don't really care what China does with my stuff while I'm not in China, I just hope that China doesn't collude with my local authorities.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by halfmatthalfcat on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:44AM (#39692797)
It's not what China does with your specific information but what it does with the aggregate and how it can manipulate that aggregate.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by dmos62 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:14PM (#39693371)
What happens to your argument if you consider that Western actors can manipulate you the same as China? Even more so, given that they have more power over you (presuming you're based in the West).
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by halfmatthalfcat on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:02PM (#39694154)
My argument isn't assuming there is no manipulation from the West and as someone who lives in the West, I'd rather to have one less avenue for manipulation.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by LunaSea on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:02PM (#39694153)
And this is how your fridge sent spam emails and your thermometer took part in a DDoS attack.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by dmos62 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @01:06PM (#39706441)
Haha, thanks for the chuckle.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by PhilipRoman on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:20PM (#39694396)
Would be interesting to know if there is any data regarding the degree of cooperation between hostile countries. If I use two VPNs from countries who hate each other am I completely untrackable?
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