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President Biden Signs Executive Order Revoking Trump-Era Ban on TikTok and WeChat
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“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Isaac Asimov
And all of that can be said about Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others as well. As I said before, ban one, ban them all. Why TikTok alone?
Not sure what you're saying. 1 person can choose to provide that information here on MacRumors and you'd end up in the same situation. So what do we do? Turn off the internet because someone posted any type of data?
My opinion is not based on belief. It's based on facts. As I pointed out before, you can find out what data they actually collect. Even the NSA is providing tools which allow you to do that, but you can always create your own tools. My opinion is also based on a security research group that is actually publishing on this topic which happens to sit down the hall from my own research group at the university where I teach and do research in computer science and mathematics.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for security and privacy, but it has to apply for everyone and not only one company picked by someone who's butthurt.
NUMBER ONE truth Republicans refuse to acknowledge: Biden won the election. There is no proof of fraud, except for trump. Also, trump is a liar. You will say, "everybody lies". Not like trump. trump tells really dumb lies. He will tell you you didn't see what you saw. His followers will go along with it. Then, fake outrage when a democrat lies.
Republicans believe in crazy conspiracy theories. Without ANY proof to back any of it up. Republicans claim to care about freedom, but want to hang anyone who doesn't follow their agenda. Republicans have NO conviction. Anyone who denies seeing any of this...can't be reasoned with.
Well, this guy says Trump won:
He also says TikTok is a threat to national security and that they secretly collect all your data, more than stated in their TOS. He looks very trustworthy, pretty sure he knows what he's talking about.
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TikTok, Facebook - it's all the same, but different. Get rid of all of them.
Ok, remember what I said about speaking plainly and not getting caught in buzzwords.
Let's all agree that Congress took the votes that were certified by the States, and handed the Electoral College to Biden. I speak plainly.
Now, when you say "There is no proof of fraud", can I ask you to stand in the shoes of the sane Republicans who believe that. And I ask you: What makes those Republicans think there is proof of fraud? Those things that Republicans regard as "proof" -- have you heard what those are? Even if you think it was nonsense, have you taken time to view the materials that cause those Republicans to think that there is proof?
i.e. how much do you understand the other side? Or do you regard them -- as you said - as people who view Democrats are baby-blood guzzlers? If we simply think of the other side using the Media's buzzwords, then it avoids the need to discuss this in a rational way.
If we assume Republicans are complete raving idiots, then there is no need for a Democrat to engage in a thinking process of asking oneself: what is the information that is causing 75% of the Republicans to think that there is "proof" of fraud?
To understand the other side, you have to get in their shoes and explain what they are thinking and saying.
So even if you think Republicans are totally loony for thinking there is "proof" of fraud, at least -- if you are a thinking person - you should be able to explain what things the Republicans are regarding as "proof of fraud".
TikTok is the most invasive one so it is a good start.
On top of that ** from wikipedia "...As with many Chinese companies, the company has an internal CCP committee serving the party members among the employees, with vice president Zhang Fuping serving as its Party Committee Secretary.[26]..."
Then you take into account that in China "...Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and many others..." are banned and make a educated decision.
After that you revise them all to keep people safe. it should be common sense cause it is logical. China and many other countries are making sure their populations data is safe from foreign influence why in US this is called an absurd?
The fact that you teach computer science and don't find this tech invasive and potentially disastrous especially coming from a company (ANY company in this matter) that has open ties to foreign governments is the scary part.
You say you are in a research group and you do not see a problem with all this data being harvested? Are you non profit or is the whole place big $$ sponsored cause that would explain your approach.
Most people I know already ditched alexas and stuff like that. All it took was me pointing them towards resources they can read about. I'm not here to tell people what to do. it's their choice. I just want to make sure everybody is 100% aware what is that they are doing AND if this line is being blurred especially by academia then hell yeah the government needs to step in to protects its people. it's their job.
In todays day the abundance of information combined with gap holed / outdated education vastly surpasses generals population ability to logically process it and people are taking advantage of it. That's a nono.
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Thanks for the laughs man, that’s too good. Funniest post I’ve read today!! ⭐️
They have presented NO proof of fraud. Yet, make the claim. Fact.
These are my own words. Fact. Call them what you want.
Republicans do actually believe these "buzzwords". The media isn't making this stuff up. The Republicans are. This is now what the Republican party is about. The "sane" ones who speak against it, get death threats. Fact.
I am speaking plainly, and you are trying to disregard the facts that I have presented by calling them "buzzwords". They are not buzzwords...they are what Republicans believe is reality. Fact.
You are trying to twist what I say into I don't even know what. It's called deflection. Fact.
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Yeah and DemocRats “choose truth over FACTS”.. some silly stupid sh.t right there
My questions to you is: Are you willing to review the information that Republicans want to present as proof of fraud?
Remember, 75% of Republicans think they have been trying to present proof of fraud.
Even if you think they have not, my question to you is: are you willing to review the information -- that you say they have not presented -- but they say they want to present?
i.e. there is something that is making Republicans think there is proof. Are you willing to look at what they are referring to?
The instant you tell me you are an open-minded person, and not a close-minded person, I can give you further information. But if you are, in reality, a close-minded person, then all the proof I can give you would not get through to you, because you never gave me a chance.
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I don’t know where to start, except I am sorry to hear your mother has dementia. If you think Biden doesn’t suffer from abnormal cognitive decline, I have an M1 iPad Pro running macOS to sell you… and what is with you guys’ only rebuttal to anyone’s dislike for Biden with bringing up your issues with Trump?? 😵💫
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What planet are you on? Compare Biden speeches in 2008 and 2020. He’s a complete and utter buffoon who has serious cognitive decline and the DNC ought to be ashamed as the “party of diversity” putting another old white man in office When they had far better candidates. Of course this is the part where you bring up Trump and Republicans by assuming I support Trump and/or the Republican Party. 🙄 Anyone who thinks Biden is fit for president has some serious soul searching, and Kamala Harris couldn’t be more shallow and less fit for VP.
Well, this guy says Trump won:
He also says TikTok is a threat to national security and that they secretly collect all your data, more than stated in their TOS. He looks very trustworthy, pretty sure he knows what he's talking about.
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Let me present you what an actual researcher does (even though he's just a nerd) versus your "funny" (as a researcher that you claim to be) memes.
BTW I will eat my words and say sorry if you post a actual research document / data stating that TikTok is ok.
Use this link and then follow the data as it is presented. Find him and other people like him on Twitter/Blogs and etc to get the big picture.
Warning—Apple Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users
If you are a TikTok user, you should be worried—here's what you need to know.
www.forbes.com
TikTok and 32 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data
Passwords, bitcoin addresses, and anything else in clipboards are free for the taking.
arstechnica.com
And I can go on forever.
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There was proof of election fraud, just not large enough to compromise the election. That is the official status.
Ok. Are you willing to view the information that Republicans are relying on to say that it was large enough to compromise the election?
You might say there is no such proof -- but are you willing to view the information that the other side is offering as proof?
I think you're taking my post a bit too seriously. Mine was sarcastic in nature as not as high level. Meaning, TikTok is annoying, it shouldn't really be accessible, how that comes to be…i don't care. 😁
That’s not entirely true. By his execrutive action against the keystone pipeline, Biden absolutely did have an effect on the pricing of gas over the next several years at least. When we have to buy oil from other countries they set the pricing.
Im very curious why gas is still over $3/gallon? If the reason for the shortage was the hack and shutdown of the pipeline which has now been properly running again for weeks why haven’t prices gone back down? There is no shortage of gas and the transportation issue is back to normal. The only reason it’s still up is greed as far as I can tell.
The actions of naughty Democrats, here and there, you can say could not have swung an election.
But if a machine has a software algorithm - that was coded by a naughty person - that, theoretically has so much more power to swing numbers, compared to individual people doing naughty things with individual ballots. So the question is: are you willing to view information on fraud committed by naughty people at the level of software code?
If there is such information, and you flatly refuse to even look at it, then it's not hard to imagine that there were judges in courts who took the same approach - of flatly refusing to even look at the information.
This is not just R vs D. It is on the public record whether courts were willing to look at the documents that were submitted to them.
I'll make it simple for you. When documents are submitted about software-code fraud, if the court agrees to consider those documents, they have to bring in technical experts to comment on the documents. Therefore, how many courts did this? The record shows that not one court was willing to do this.
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Not much. 24 proven cases with 150 million votes cast.