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TikTok is very different because the CPP has leverage over them and can force them to do things we in the West would find abhorent. That's not to find Western c
by eloff 4y ago
TikTok is very different because the CPP has leverage over them and can force them to do things we in the West would find abhorent. That's not to find Western companies or governments innocent, because they are not, but the magnitude of the problem matters.
- thelittleone 4y agoPerhaps true that CCP would use this in a more abhorrent way, but let's not forget PRISM [1] and also the eliptic curve / NSA / RSA fiasco [2]. One could argue these target state level targets or terrorists, but who really knows. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM [2]https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-the-nsa-may-have-put-a-backdoor-in-rsas-cryptography-a-technical-primer/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-the-nsa-may-have-put-a-backd...
- eloff 4y agoI'm not forgetting, just noting there's a difference between CCP and the US government which matters here. If the US government gets caught using that info to persecute dissidents and their families, I'll be sure to retract my statement.