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whyreadthis2035 t1_jb4osye wrote

Reply to New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

Not gonna read this. You lost me at could. This is America and money is involved. There will be no ban. Just look at how many people are defending tik tok and using other companies as excuses. We want our data mined and our content manipulative. And we’re OK with the growing bodily of evidence that social media is harming the psyche of our young. Yay!

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dotnetdotcom t1_jb4mqc5 wrote

Reply to comment by t0slink in New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

Take it to court. It'll get thrown out because you have no standing. People have tried. The way it is now, nobody has standing, any case brought against them will get thrown out. (To have standing you must have been uniquely harmed or harmed more than other people by the govt.) They would have to use some of their collected data in a court case for someone to bring a 4th amendment case against them, but they dont do that. If the government needs data for a court case, they'll buy it from data brokers to skirt the 4th amendment.

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Retrac752 t1_jb4hxz1 wrote

Reply to New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

Friendly reminder that US companies collecting data, and TikTok collecting data, are apples and oranges

US companies don't like giving away their data to the government without legal orders, US companies just wanna make a quick buck, so giving your data away for free to the gov doesn't benefit them, and there is a fair bit of protection for you, the consumer, not enough protection, but some

In contrast, the Chinese government has the right to all of their companies data, and they couldn't care less about protecting you, in fact, it is not far fetched to say that one of china's highest priorities is the destabilization of the West

Tiktoks data harvesting is egregious to the point where it has the capability that if you give it location permission once, it can permanently track you 24/7 even when the app is closed, and it can also randomly track your keystrokes in other applications to steal log in info and passwords to any of your accounts, and tiktok can randomly save whatever you currently have on your clipboard or any basic note/document applications you have on your phone (again, when the app isn't even open), and on top of all that, when it sends your data, most of it is sent using http instead of https, meaning it's unsecured, meaning ANYONE could access the data TikTok has on you

If it is on a government officials device, it is literally a national security threat

If it's on your device, well honestly who fucking knows what they're doing with all your info

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