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Mr. Chew, does TikTok access the home wifi network?
by vasco 2y ago
Mr. Chew, does TikTok access the home wifi network?
- j0057 2y agoThat confused question was asked by representative Richard Hudson, R-NC.
- vasco 2y agoWhich is why it is an appropriate response to someone who thinks geriatric politicians are only on one side of the aisle.
- Nimitz14 2y agoWithout more context it sounds like you're quoting an old democratic politician. Obviously.
- qwerty2000 2y ago[dead]
- sureglymop 2y agoNot necessarily a bad question. Could be interpreted as "does this app actively scan for other devices in the home network?".
- 83457 2y agoI thought that was what was meant by the question. Was it not?
- emchammer 2y agoI thought it was a brilliant question. Representative Hudson demonstrated understanding of security boundaries between Internet client-server and local peer-to-peer network use. Who is making fun of him for that question?
- qwerty2000 2y ago[dead]
- hackyhacky 2y ago"Could be interpreted" could be interpreted to mean anything at all. The question asked was not about scanning, and a reasonable person would not answer it as if it had.
- sureglymop 2y agoThe follow up clarification specifically was "is it possible then, that it could access other devices on that home wifi network?". Listen, I'm not American nor on TikTok. I couldn't care less, I just wanted to point out that this is not the best example for weird questions from that whole ordeal.
- qwerty2000 2y ago[dead]
- thararh 2y agoAnd? Attacking the internal network from the public Internet using a browser as a proxy: https://www.forcepoint.com/sites/default/files/resources/files/report-attacking-internal-network-en_0.pdf https://www.forcepoint.com/sites/default/files/resources/fil... It is a totally legitimate question if attacks like this are baked into an app (unless these kinds of permissions are now the default, in which case I am behind the curve).