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I’m not convinced that every American who wants to should be permitted to stream their location to a Chinese company. I can see arguments either way, but the n
by amluto 4y ago
I’m not convinced that every American who wants to should be permitted to stream their location to a Chinese company. I can see arguments either way, but the national security consideration seems to be quite real.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoLocation? Oh sweet summer child. Tiktok's Android app has been disassembled enough to tell that the built-in browser likely contains a keylogger, but also contains the ability to receive plaintext commands and execute them in the Java VM. Now realize that tiktok likely has location, camera, photo, and microphone permissions. Oh yeah, and they've been spending lots of effort on anti-virtual-machine and obfuscation techniques. A data leak at Alibaba revealed they're collecting: GPS locations, full lists of mobile contacts, SMS logs, IMSI numbers, IMEI numbers, device models and versions, stored app data from previous installations, and memory data. https://penetrum.com/tiktok/Penetrum_TikTok_Security_Analysis_whitepaper.pdf https://penetrum.com/tiktok/Penetrum_TikTok_Security_Analysi...
- babypuncher 4y agoI can't speak for Android, but on iOS it is trivial to prevent apps from getting any of this data. Remote code execution like you describe would directly violate Apple's rules. You can't gather GPS, SMS logs, or most of the other data you mention without explicit permission from the user.
- josephcsible 4y ago> Remote code execution like you describe would directly violate Apple's rules. That doesn't mean much, given that total malware sneaks through Apple's review process a lot.
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- wonnage 4y agoI dunno if there's actually a constitutional way for the US to stop it. They can probably make it hard/impossible for TikTok/Bytedance to make money in the US, but banning the app itself is out of the question, unless Apple/Google decide to remove it of their own volition
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- orhmeh09 4y agoWhat are the national security considerations that override an American’s god given right to broadcast their location?
- amluto 4y agoSince when does an American have a god-given (or constitution-given) right to broadcast their location to a foreign intelligence agency? And since when does the constitution allow an espionage device to collect location information in exchange for silly videos?
- dinkumthinkum 4y agoI don’t really understand this. So, are you saying Twitch should not allow IRL streams to go to China?