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I'm no security professional, but I am familiar with the ultra crap security standards of many institutions. It's really just removing a drop from the ocean of
by switchbak 4y ago
I'm no security professional, but I am familiar with the ultra crap security standards of many institutions. It's really just removing a drop from the ocean of potential risks, but doesn't seem that outlandish given the nature of TikTok and where it comes from.
- UncleMeat 4y agoBut like, what risk? I'm serious. TikTok poses no risk to UT's networks.
- switchbak 4y agoWell, sure, I think you're right: if the Chinese state wants access to UT-Austin's networks, they definitely have that already, and cutting this out doesn't help anything. I suppose they're just going along with their new law in a way that buys some political points. Personally, I'd love it if we banned the damn thing everywhere, but only because I hate the mindless content :)
- cute_boi 4y agoThere is no such potential risks. It is all about politics and propaganda.
- xwolfi 4y ago"where it comes from" makes it sound like Xi Jinping commandeered an app where teenagers dance as a trojan horse to befall capitalism... Your fridge was maybe made there too, are you scared a secret radio chip could activate to render your food communist ?
- Idk__Throwaway 4y agoMy fridge doesn't curate the thoughts and ideas tens of millions of American youth are exposed to daily
- doubleg72 4y agoMy fridge doesn't send recordings back to a server in China. Nor was it produced there.
- cyanydeez 4y agoIt's a nationalist ban. Whether it's a positive influence on _anything_ is questionable. But it's not something happening outside politics