bureaucracy is slow-motion avalanche.

No. The goal was to try to move it away from China, or at least appear to. And between China and the NSA, I would rather the NSA snoops through my data. They, at least, don't commit outright genocides.

China already bans all foreign apps and websites, even without a specific concern.

They're just trying to gain power over free speech on the internet, easier to start with foreign companies, as people will more easily and allow for that.

Gaslighting

Ah yes, karma, the greatest measure of knowledge on the internet. Who needs to support claims and cite sources when you have karma?

Gaslighting

Never understood why people like you simply can't admit when they're wrong and they can't support their claims. The world would be a better place if people like you didn't take being wrong as an attack on your identity.

Pulling up the thread. Dude is a troll account and don’t believe anything.

• me: 100,000+ karma
• You: less than 10k
• me: comes with articles supporting my claims
• you: no articles and use gaslighting as an argument
• me: comes with facts to support my argument, I don’t need to provide my resume because I actually know what I am talking about
• you: I am a security engineer “trust me bro”

Whatever posting here so others don’t waste time arguing with the trolls

Only 2 online advertisers google and meta:

On Friday, Rep. Anna Eshoo asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate newly revealed police software, known as Fog Reveal, which allows law enforcement agencies to map the movements of Americans “months back in time.” That service relies not on netflow data, but location data culled from hundreds of consumer apps, purportedly for advertising purposes.

ncis whistleblower

There is only 2 advertisement companies on the net for most of the market google and meta

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Gaslighting

Are you seriously using karma to defend your claim?

• me: 100,000+ karma
• You: less than 10k
• me: comes with articles supporting my claims
• you: no articles and use gaslighting as an argument
• me: comes with facts to support my argument, I don’t need to provide my resume because I actually know what I am talking about
• you: I am a security engineer “trust me bro”

Whatever

I can get why you were in sales, that's some top notch fearmongering. The permissions that get set when you install TikTok simply don't allow for the behaviour you're stating it can do.

"Please support your claim with sources."

"NOooo you're part of a DISINFORMATION campaign!!!!11"

• literally you.

Now you are trolling. It’s obvious you are part of a disinformation campaign.

As pointed out, even your "mainstream articles" literally don't support your claim anywhere in them.

When asked for evidence to support the very simple claim that "G/FB sell your data," you have come up with none whatsoever.

If it's such a foregone and obvious conclusion, surely you must have plenty of sources. Please do share them. You'd certainly be able to sue for a handsome amount if you could actually prove it.

GDPR in Europe is already in place. More countries will follow that model first

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I doubt you can make much from TikTok alone

I am a cybersecurity engineer, and your claims are completely wrong. Most of your claims aren't even possible on any modern smartphone.

> They record you in your home talking through Alexa and Google Home

They explicitly need a warrant to this. A warrant from a farce of a secret court with no oversight, but it's misleading to say they do this to everyone.

> 1st when you agree to use the app you give them 100% control over your device.

Now the bullshittery begins. Absolutely not the case.

> they can take all your pics, videos anything on your phone

Not true at all. You explicitly have to let it.

> They can turn on your camera and mic whenever they want to record.

Ditto. Not possible unless you explitly give it permission.

> the Chinese govt can spy on you at your job. They can record you talking and take video.

Lmao fuck no, this simply isn't possible. Please learn how modern smartphone OSes work.

You have some valid points about government spying. But then you go completely off-the-rails into fantasy land when it comes to imagining what TikTok can do. Android and iOS simply are not dumb enough to allow any app to take control of your phone like you suggest.

Please stop using your sales position to try to convince people you know what you're talking about. You don't. And that's okay - I'm sure you were a great salesperson, but please don't spread fear, unrest, and despair about stuff you don't understand.

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Please provide something better than “trust me bro” to back up your claim. I have come with mainstream articles.

• US Companies: Capitalism and competition is the way in the open market but only when we're a monopoly.

• US Companies: Save us GOVT intervention from having to compete in the open market.

• US Companies again: We pay executives stupid amounts of money, but will have to close if the GOVT doesn't bail us out with tax payer money.

• Shitty US Companies: This year we made record profits, so we are firing 10-20% of our work force that made it happen.

Fog Reveal's data is purchased from data brokers. However, neither Facebook nor Google sell to data brokers. In fact, they don't sell your data to any third parties.

However these data brokers are getting your device ID, it's not through FB/G.

You still haven't provided any source that shows that FB/G sell your data.