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Why isn't anyone worried about TikTok? Yes, WeChat is largely contained to China, but TikTok/ByteDance is global and a top 10 app in the U.S. It would be naive
by dawhizkid 7y ago
Why isn't anyone worried about TikTok?
Yes, WeChat is largely contained to China, but TikTok/ByteDance is global and a top 10 app in the U.S. It would be naive to think that there isn't a backdoor to that app. And it's video.
There's also precedence for this e.g. the U.S. forcing Grindr's Chinese owner to sell.
- majia 7y agoIt seems you don’t have a good idea about what a backdoor is. A tiktok app can’t spy on your email or Facebook message. It’s reasonable to worry about whatever data you give tiktok, but you should probably worry a lot more about Facebook or google which collects far more private data.
- dawhizkid 7y agoYou can DM people on TikTok just like most other social networking apps.
- rchaud 7y agoWe're in the phase now where we celebrate TikTok for being a launchpad for 15-minute celebrities who inspire us to buy more crap. Once it becomes passe, or once the app has a major security breach, that's when the Chinese origins of the app will be front and center in every news pub.
- m-p-3 7y agoI dunno, it feels like TikTok came in to swoop the void left by Vine I guess.