Governments against TickTock... (both sides USA / CHINA)
Reasons why
https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=djk159kLBwA&t=22m02s
What specifically is TikTok doing?
- Copying every 1-3 keystokes to clipboard
- Android version allows accessing remote zip file and executing
- Access to video/photo/mic/camera
+CONTACTS
+MSGS YOU SEND
+APPS YOU USE
+SITES
+SEARCH HISTORY
+LOCATION DATA
-Chinese data laws means every company has to hand over data without warrant
+Government can take over ownership if they choose to
BUT IT'S PARENT COMPANY IS CHINESE NOT THE SUB-COMPANY
What is it doing with that data?
- 'possibly surveillance for Chinese government'
BUT Maybe this is more about the USA fears of china's rise since US companies do most of this also.
@freeschool I have been saying this for awhile now and thus I refuse to use TikTok for this fact and carefully manage other social media accounts that are dubious for tracking.
@barefootstache
Basically whatever is free is not free
:) That's an adage I'll add though probably already exists in other words.
There is a cost to free
- who it's provided by / do they care in the right way
- what else is happening in the process of looking at eye-candy (technological flanking and undermining people)
- which country it was developed from (USA has overarching laws so best to stay away - I just respect that danger too much)
- deals happening between companies
I guess another adage is:
Treat everything given by others with suspicion! (both them personally or that they know not what they are using or doing them self or themselves as a company which naturally disguises actions even from their own employees)
