With the apps the issue isn’t the ability of China to harvest data on someone at a kids sports events or what not or what basketball team they like. The issue

With the apps the issue isn’t the ability of China to harvest data on someone at a kids sports events or what not or what basketball team they like. The issue is that for example with TikTok the American citizen/national with relatives has been watching videos on <sensitive topic> and now their relative back in China had a visit from the authorities, or this info gained from the app on this politician or journalists or their family could be used for leverage, or a number of scenarios like that. The chinese authorities already illegally sets up “police” stations abroad in various countries. The authorities already do apply pressure to relatives still in China.