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The idea that tiktok is spaying is pure nonsense with very little evidence. What tiktok is collecting is not more than what Google or Facebook is collecting and

The idea that tiktok is spaying is pure nonsense with very little evidence. What tiktok is collecting is not more than what Google or Facebook is collecting and that information is not more valuable to China. The Chinese government is less likely to harm you than your own government with that data. The move to ban tiktok is a signal to US investors to not invest in Chinese tech companies which are making good progress. Sadly, this strategy may not work unless USA is able to bring the entire democratic world with them. I do not see that happening either.

Dirlewanger 6y ago
>The Chinese government is less likely to harm you than your own government with that data. Why are you so sure of that? The CCP has whole military divisions dedicated to pinging every server on the planet for any possibility on getting access to them.
tomc1985 6y ago
> The idea that tiktok is spaying is pure nonsense with very little evidence. What tiktok is collecting is not more than what Google or Facebook is collecting and that information is not more valuable to China. The Chinese government is less likely to harm you than your own government with that data. Then why was it caught spying on clipboard data? Remember the shenanigans that ensued just before this controversy blew up?
- yibg 6y ago
  But then it turns out it's a common practice used by a lot of social media apps. The argument isn't that TikTok doesn't collect data, it's that it's not doing anything different / special compared to the other accepted apps.
- xster 6y ago
  It was "caught" because that's the only one the consent manufacturers reported on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSWdtoUAjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSWdtoUAjo Most of the apps in your home screen did it when the beta came out from NYTimes to Google News to Chrome to AccuWeather etc. TikTok shows a pop-up preview of the TikTok link you have in your clipboard when you open TikTok. It might be that, it might be more. But it's certainly not more special than other apps.
dkdk8283 6y ago
What TikTok does reveal is social trends and sentiment, this can easily be exploited by propaganda campaigns. Just knowing what’s trending without Twitter’s firehouse is extremely valuable. Akin to a trojan horse.

Dirlewanger 6y ago

>The Chinese government is less likely to harm you than your own government with that data. Why are you so sure of that? The CCP has whole military divisions dedicated to pinging every server on the planet for any possibility on getting access to them.

tomc1985 6y ago

> The idea that tiktok is spaying is pure nonsense with very little evidence. What tiktok is collecting is not more than what Google or Facebook is collecting and that information is not more valuable to China. The Chinese government is less likely to harm you than your own government with that data. Then why was it caught spying on clipboard data? Remember the shenanigans that ensued just before this controversy blew up?

yibg 6y ago
But then it turns out it's a common practice used by a lot of social media apps. The argument isn't that TikTok doesn't collect data, it's that it's not doing anything different / special compared to the other accepted apps.
xster 6y ago
It was "caught" because that's the only one the consent manufacturers reported on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSWdtoUAjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSWdtoUAjo Most of the apps in your home screen did it when the beta came out from NYTimes to Google News to Chrome to AccuWeather etc. TikTok shows a pop-up preview of the TikTok link you have in your clipboard when you open TikTok. It might be that, it might be more. But it's certainly not more special than other apps.

dkdk8283 6y ago

What TikTok does reveal is social trends and sentiment, this can easily be exploited by propaganda campaigns. Just knowing what’s trending without Twitter’s firehouse is extremely valuable. Akin to a trojan horse.