Trump bans TikTok - social media policy

[MobtownK]

Yes, there are security concerns. And government and private business can tell employees what isn't allowed on work issued phones.
Security- but we're not worried about Facebook, Apple, Google?

The EU seems to prioritize privacy. China prioritizes control. The US has always prioritized money, and work out the security bugs later.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1291540903618686981

 

[uafanataum]

This will go to the courts and I suspect even the Republican justices to side against trump on this one.

 

[MobtownK]

This will go to the courts and I suspect even the Republican justices to side against trump on this one.

I am not as tech savvy as I should be. But honestly what difference is it if China vs Microsoft knows my ad preferences? Unless there's keystroke loggers or location enabled in the app.

 

[uafanataum]

I am not as tech savvy as I should be. But honestly what difference is it if China vs Microsoft knows my ad preferences? Unless there's keystroke loggers or location enabled in the app.

The difference is China made Trump mad.

 

[NationalTitles18]

The difference is China made Trump mad.

And a bunch of kids on tik tok and wechat embarrassed him.

 

[MobtownK]

And a bunch of kids on tik tok and wechat embarrassed him.

Which leads back to the May Twitter EO.... lists of users Sec 5. (b)(i)
"increased scrutiny of users based on the other users they choose to follow, or their interactions with other users;"

China watches my tik toc (pretty boring, no videos) Microsoft, Facebook, Google watch everything else. But the government watches my tweets?
Truth be told, I'm more concerned about the US government than anything else.

 

[AUDub]

I've no problem with this move. The right call with the wrong motive is still the right call.

 

[AUDub]

I am not as tech savvy as I should be. But honestly what difference is it if China vs Microsoft knows my ad preferences? Unless there's keystroke loggers or location enabled in the app.

There's a lot more to this than ad preferences, and giving the CCP unfettered access, the ability to collect to the data they were collecting (and Tik Tok collects a lot), is a bad thing.

 

[Jon]

There's a lot more to this than ad preferences, and giving the CCP unfettered access, the ability to collect to the data they were collecting (and Tik Tok collects a lot), is a bad thing.

absolutely the case, TikTok not only captures a ton it actively obscures what it is taking, encrypts it and changes the encryption keys every update.

This researcher claimed to reverse-engineered TikTok app, and unveiled alarming privacy aspect

He advised users against using the app and telling their friends and family to stop using it as well due to its intrusive user tracking among other serious problems.

www.digitalinformationworld.com

Personally I am convinced that TikTok is also using their app to train AI on western behavior at the behest of the Chinese government. Much like Siri, OK Google and Alexa are training AI/ML systems on understanding voice (and potentially capturing unique user voice prints/patterns)

 

[MobtownK]

There's a lot more to this than ad preferences, and giving the CCP unfettered access, the ability to collect to the data they were collecting (and Tik Tok collects a lot), is a bad thing.

I just found their privacy disclosure- they collect app and file names on your device.. thats not good at all. Especially for someone dealing with sensitive files.
Search history as well - although that's become the norm, every time I open Facebook I see paint ads.

 

[MobtownK]

Going forward, Congress should address privacy concerns (they won't) instead of each app needing an EO. Instead of individual apps, make a blanket law if what is and is not allowed to be collected and shared.