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Is it a security concern compared to everything else we get from China, or are we just holding TikTok specifically to an unattainably high standard? We get so m

Is it a security concern compared to everything else we get from China, or are we just holding TikTok specifically to an unattainably high standard? We get so many products from China that could potentially be used for spying that we've never tried to ban due to security concerns. Who can say the ESP32 Wifi module doesn't have a hardware or software backdoor hidden in it? AFAIK, there has never been any evidence or reason to suspect TikTok of sharing private data from Americans with the Chinese government. It seems like simply being from China is the crime the US government wants to ban TikTok for.

maeil 3y ago
> AFAIK, there has never been any evidence or reason to suspect TikTok of sharing private data from Americans with the Chinese government. It seems like simply being from China is the crime the US government wants to ban TikTok for. https://fortune.com/2024/04/15/tiktok-china-data-sharing-bytedance-project-texas/ https://fortune.com/2024/04/15/tiktok-china-data-sharing-byt... If you're going to argue that sending data to Bytedance in Beijing isn't sending it to the Chinese government, you're free to believe that but it would not be supported by the available evidence.
- nearbuy 2y ago
  Do you have any such evidence? You linked a paywalled article saying that TikTok works with its parent company, which is hardly news. We're looking for evidence that TikTok/ByteDance shared private data from Americans with the Chinese government. US politicians would love to get such evidence.
fragmede 3y ago
> Who can say the ESP32 Wifi module doesn't have a hardware or software backdoor hidden in it? That is why Huawei gear is not allowed in US telcos.
- shortsunblack 3y ago
  No. Huawei gear is not allowed in US telcos because American telco kit suppliers lobbied for such a ban. American crusade against Huawei happened the same year Huawei broke the record for most phones sold, surpassing Apple.

maeil 3y ago

> AFAIK, there has never been any evidence or reason to suspect TikTok of sharing private data from Americans with the Chinese government. It seems like simply being from China is the crime the US government wants to ban TikTok for. https://fortune.com/2024/04/15/tiktok-china-data-sharing-bytedance-project-texas/ https://fortune.com/2024/04/15/tiktok-china-data-sharing-byt... If you're going to argue that sending data to Bytedance in Beijing isn't sending it to the Chinese government, you're free to believe that but it would not be supported by the available evidence.

nearbuy 2y ago
Do you have any such evidence? You linked a paywalled article saying that TikTok works with its parent company, which is hardly news. We're looking for evidence that TikTok/ByteDance shared private data from Americans with the Chinese government. US politicians would love to get such evidence.

fragmede 3y ago

> Who can say the ESP32 Wifi module doesn't have a hardware or software backdoor hidden in it? That is why Huawei gear is not allowed in US telcos.

shortsunblack 3y ago
No. Huawei gear is not allowed in US telcos because American telco kit suppliers lobbied for such a ban. American crusade against Huawei happened the same year Huawei broke the record for most phones sold, surpassing Apple.