>mass siphoning of location data The issue is indeed legitimate, but it would be a systematic issue with all non-western/non-US apps, not just TikTok which is

>mass siphoning of location data The issue is indeed legitimate, but it would be a systematic issue with all non-western/non-US apps, not just TikTok which is being singled out in an ad hoc manner. And it has as much to do with Google's store/android location data policies as it is with the apps. >My personal view is a law is needed that bans central collection of location data. Agreed. ... UPD: I also suspect that preserving location data from state actors is a lost battle and modern SIGINT satellite constellations are already capable of pinpointing location of phones en masse, or will be capable of doing it in the coming years.