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.
@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)
@freeschool plus there is proxitok if you want to watch TikTok with less tracking like invidious for YouTube
@freeschool@qoto.org The style of documentaries like this is really annoying. A lot of dramatics and visuals. If you would compress the content you would get a 10 minute video probably.
Nonetheless, TikTok is just the next shit before the next ... and so on..
So, color me surprised (not). Thanks for sharing
@ybaumy
:) I was aware and personally considered it... and as it went thought it kept a pace and that was the main thing and even though as I describe it now it doesn't seem right it seemed matching / uniform and even the text on screen and kinda did also though for many things might not have... and it's a bit rare too... the stock footage type images were actually quite well chosen (being in bed watching HD stuff, leaving things on)... reminded me of picking my own footage or labelling things... so all in all not bad... but I have seen and understand from others sometimes INSTANT repulsion to anyone talking to you in any sort of way disliked by viewer (commonly conspiratorial, idiot-proof writing on screen, dramatic music). Actually the dramatic music is a big one.
@freeschool@qoto.org It is not that it repulses me, it contradicts itself with talking about dopamine and addiction, yet using elements that might trigger the same biological effects. And it is kinda of a time waste for such a topic, but then again I might not be the target audience.
@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.