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Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social
by Operyl 7y ago
Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere:
There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
- NullPrefix 7y agoSecurity researchers have a legitimate use of computer viruses. Behavioural analysis or whatever else. Does your grandma have the same legitimate use case?
- gpm 7y agoDepends, does your grandmother feel like learning about viruses? If so, why not.
- Operyl 7y agoI do not quite see that as a fair or valid comparison. Recruiters are trying to target 18 year olds, and the reality is a lot of these 18 year olds (outside of the tech field) prefer to use Snapchat, Facebook, etc to communicate. They’re not using these apps to communicate classified information.
- NullPrefix 7y agoMy point is that the Navy has roles other than Recruiter.
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- DyslexicAtheist 7y agowith recruiters you mean actual recruitment agencies[1] or in the sense of the Chinese IC recruiting foreign agents? [1] I don't see job-recruiting being a reason to allow this app. IMO any device that is used by a public servant paid with tax-$$ should be limited to what it runs and I'd be surprised if they don't have a very strict BYOD policy for this reason. Never mind TikTok they shouldn't be running any social media apps on their phones. There are other problems with this use such as what data ends up being leaked to social media companies (regardless of where they are).
- falcolas 7y agoSomeone likely did a risk/benefit analysis and the analysis didn’t come out in favor of the benefits. It’s probably that simple.
- Operyl 7y agoIn the case of Tiktok, I agree. I’m just arguing for the class of apps in general (social media applications) not for TikTok.
- falcolas 7y agoGiven the intrusiveness of social media platforms, I think they would justify having hardware that’s air gapped from their military devices. That way they retain access to their audience, while maintaining security.
- Cougher 7y agoYup, because it's easier to get around the parents' influence when they want to sell kids a line of BS.
- webninja 7y agoThey can just use Facebook’s Lasso app instead
- kp98 7y agoI suppose the message that is sent here is : 'if you want to recruit you'll have to do it on Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook instead of the one Chinese based app' Is that not fair?
- bretpiatt 7y agoTotally different risk assessment level on a threat actor gaining location information of a recruiter (or all recruiters) vs. location of special forces service members. The recruiter should get a waiver, a use case like that isn't a good reason to default to allowing.