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coffeesippingbastard t1_jbbqr4l wrote

Reply to comment by filthmrchristian in Meta's 'year of efficiency' continues, thousands more expected to be laid off by chrisdh79

I could tell FB was getting super fat when most of their PMs were coming from business/finance/consulting- especially reality labs.

So much of the tech is still in development I have no idea what FB is doing bringing business people in to PM an incredibly young and technically challenging space if they have no idea what is going on in the tech.

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pickles55 t1_jbbppjd wrote

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

They're talking about banning it from state owned devices. Your app doesn't just know what you ate for lunch, it knows everywhere you go and it collects information about the networks it's connected to. Depending on the permissions (social media apps ask for basically everything possible) they can store your camera roll, text messages, emails, even some passwords if you're not careful. For most people the worst they could fear from that would be identity theft, maybe blackmail. If that's on a state owned ipad they could get all kinds of sensitive information. Most of the people who get recruited to do espionage are not James bond types, they're janitors and receptionists. All a bad actor needs is a way to get into the network and they can wreak all kinds of havoc or spy undetected for months. It seems like this issue is being used for culture war but there is a real problem.

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smnhdy t1_jbbp9lu wrote

Reply to comment by pickles55 in New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

Oh there’s no doubt in my mind that US politics is simply theatrics… who gets the most airtime or columns in the paper… It’s not been about serving the country for decades.

It all started falling to shit once the FCC Fairness Doctrine was abolished in the 80’s. Once that happened… trump/fox et al was almost certain.

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pickles55 t1_jbbn3zd wrote

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

That's the last thing they want. Privacy was the basis that Roe v. Wade was decided on so right wing politicians are against privacy. The people naturally want privacy and Republicans will tell their voters that TikTok is spyware and banning it preserves their privacy. This is how it works now, part of the country is its own reality distortion field and it's pointless to argue with them.

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