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FCC Commissioner Calls for Apple and Google to Ban TikTok Over 'Surreptitious' Data Practices
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No those leak data back into US companies and government so they are OK in their books.
Most people wouldn't even notice that their sensitive data is being spied on, as they wouldn't see any difference in daily use. So we should give this a pass.
At this point, through various means China already knows everything. I wonder if it still makes a difference.
China should just open up a business where if I forget my password to a certain account or an important number or if I want to check my credit score I can just ask them.
No ID verification even necessary when I ask for my own info, because when I contact them of course they'd already know if it's me.
China should just open up a business where if I forget my password to a certain account or an important number or if I want to check my credit score I can just ask them.
No ID verification even necessary when I ask for my own info, because when I contact them of course they'd already know if it's me.
🚨🚨Hot take warning 🚨🚨
I would rather have the Chinese government spy on me than the NSA or FBI. China doesn't have any jurisdiction over me and nothing they can do with my data will have any effect on my life.
Pretending that TikTok and ByteDance are somehow worse than Google or Facebook or any other American company that hoovers up all of my data is just silly.
I would rather have the Chinese government spy on me than the NSA or FBI. China doesn't have any jurisdiction over me and nothing they can do with my data will have any effect on my life.
Pretending that TikTok and ByteDance are somehow worse than Google or Facebook or any other American company that hoovers up all of my data is just silly.
Businesses and or the government in the PRC (which are really the same thing) up to nefarious things?
Let me hide my "shocked face" for a moment. Oh, my. I don't know what to do. No one could have ever seen this coming.
The PRC has been a problem now for over a decade. No one in power wanted to own up to it for various reasons. One being they were all making shipping containers of money. Piles of money that make Walter White look like he made social worker money. All that profit, while keeping inflation low through cheap labor. That keeps the cash flowing to the uber rich while keeping capital flowing via low interest rates and ever increasing stock prices.
Now that the Gravy Train to Tasty Town is coming off the rails, everyone wants to bash on China. Where were they 10+ years ago? How about before 'Rona? Now even the WHO is "open" to probing the "lab leak" theory. This according to CBS News and The Washington Post.
It's just like when China purchased the Varyag aircraft carrier from Ukraine in 1998 via a phony holding company to make it into a "floating casino". Last time I checked, floating casinos don't carry and launch things like Shenyang J-15's and YJ-91 missiles. What a crock of excrement. Everyone KNEW what the PRC was up to and just let it slide for. Reasons.
So, anyone who's even the slightest bit surprised that the PRC is using an App to Hoover up as much info as they can on what WILL be their next enemy on the global stage is at best naive.
Let me hide my "shocked face" for a moment. Oh, my. I don't know what to do. No one could have ever seen this coming.
The PRC has been a problem now for over a decade. No one in power wanted to own up to it for various reasons. One being they were all making shipping containers of money. Piles of money that make Walter White look like he made social worker money. All that profit, while keeping inflation low through cheap labor. That keeps the cash flowing to the uber rich while keeping capital flowing via low interest rates and ever increasing stock prices.
Now that the Gravy Train to Tasty Town is coming off the rails, everyone wants to bash on China. Where were they 10+ years ago? How about before 'Rona? Now even the WHO is "open" to probing the "lab leak" theory. This according to CBS News and The Washington Post.
It's just like when China purchased the Varyag aircraft carrier from Ukraine in 1998 via a phony holding company to make it into a "floating casino". Last time I checked, floating casinos don't carry and launch things like Shenyang J-15's and YJ-91 missiles. What a crock of excrement. Everyone KNEW what the PRC was up to and just let it slide for. Reasons.
So, anyone who's even the slightest bit surprised that the PRC is using an App to Hoover up as much info as they can on what WILL be their next enemy on the global stage is at best naive.
Hrrmmm, I seem to recall someone warning about China's ownership of TikTok and the associated data.
What was that old saying? If you aren't paying for the service, you're the product? Something something...
I'd be happier overall if it was banned and access cut off. But I'm from a different era of the Internet, and the idea of watching 10-20 second clips of people trying to be funny is such a colossal waste of time to me.
I'd be happier overall if it was banned and access cut off. But I'm from a different era of the Internet, and the idea of watching 10-20 second clips of people trying to be funny is such a colossal waste of time to me.
Wait a minute. I thought that since Apple controls the App Store and they review all apps to make sure an app provides "a safe and trusted experience" before approving it, we're safe. What happened to all the built-in security and privacy, and the layers upon layers of protection?
Is the App Store no longer "a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps?"
Is the App Store no longer "a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps?"
If data about what you view and post is centralized in China then in theory the government there could begin to shape what videos end up on your "for you" page which could influence your views in a subtle way. I think Trump didn't like it because people were fed some negative videos about him and he assumed the Chinese government was behind it.
Regardless, I think the answer is that people just have to get more smart about how they interact with social media. People should not get their news from these platforms and if you start to feel angry about something you've seen or read be suspicious and try to get more information outside of whatever platform you're on. I can't tell you how many times I've read something infuriating on Facebook only to find that the person or organization who posted it left out quite a few pertinent details.
Haha of course the US is whining again. US citizens should be far more concerned about the US government than any foreign ones.
Tik Tok has a very interesting algorithm.
But I am curious to know what data could be used in such a malicious manner?
As I understand it , the platform is able to influence social opinions in different countries by targeting specific content to be published and seen. But I suspect other platforms do the same (facebook etc) suggesting that they are indeed publishers in the nature of their algorithms and targeted audiences and there paying customers.
But I am curious to know what data could be used in such a malicious manner?
As I understand it , the platform is able to influence social opinions in different countries by targeting specific content to be published and seen. But I suspect other platforms do the same (facebook etc) suggesting that they are indeed publishers in the nature of their algorithms and targeted audiences and there paying customers.
It should be up to the phone's owner to decide what they want, not the government.
I think this is covered quite nicely with Apple's App Privacy requirements, although there should be a couple of more categories to clearly define the Apps monetization of the owners private data. And it might be a good idea when installing the App to make the user approve that they want this type of intrusion.
I think this is covered quite nicely with Apple's App Privacy requirements, although there should be a couple of more categories to clearly define the Apps monetization of the owners private data. And it might be a good idea when installing the App to make the user approve that they want this type of intrusion.
I am a US citizen and live in the US, but have worked overseas, and this is one of the most truthful statements that I have seen on the internet lately (maybe even in years).
American's are in general ignorant of what is really going on around them and with their own government. I've come to think that most of them never leave their gaming console, let alone their living quarters.
God only knows what sinister deeds the CPP will accomplish if they find out Americans watch hot girls dance to k-pop
I knew some smart ass would come in here with that. I mean they were fighting it with the trump administration and now they’re fully in support of it.
Have you ever considered the possibility that people are just more aware of bad things happening in America, because it's more relevant and freely reported? And people in general are unaware of things going on out of their immediate circles.
Brendan Carr was appointed by Trump. This is just a continuation of what Trump started, not a new revelation by an unaffiliated party.
It's not the current administration. It's one guy at the FCC that Trump appointed. Brendan Carr
Just ban portrait orientation videos and the problem will take care of itself.