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It's amusing that the TikTok ban is being hyped up as solving the problem. Banning TikTok won't solve a thing, nor will banning much from China. We need a re-t
by redserk 2y ago
It's amusing that the TikTok ban is being hyped up as solving the problem. Banning TikTok won't solve a thing, nor will banning much from China.
We need a re-think of what it means to use technology in a connected world. Actually prioritizing security is the only fix, and the private sector rarely has a reason to do this beyond compliance needs, and the government is limited for a myriad of other reasons..
Rest assured, the FBI/other agencies will still push for backdoors for investigative purposes without publicly acknowledging that these can be used by malicious actors, too.
To really top things off: wait until they leverage the ability to purchase data from data brokers in the US to build profiles on individuals with elevated access to target. That's capitalism, baby!