TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being caught in the act

Post by zkid18 » Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 4:09 AM UTC

parliament32 wrote: post #117

zkid18 wrote: post #73

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I went trough this post earlier. Unfortunately the video has been removed for some reason. > I'm getting a lot of DM's asking me to prove the majority of this with a paper and snippets of the offending code. I have a decent amount of my notes on my other laptop that recently had a motherboard failure and the majority of that data is on the laptop's SSD. It's a macbook pro, so recovering the data isn't exactly super s…

I don't use or like tiktok, but that post also came across as super fishy to me. Lots of it boiled down to "I'm a software engineer, trust me" with a good amount of FUD thrown in (going on about GPS data when the app doesn't even request the Location permission? complaining the app can see your screen resolution?). I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between but tiktok is the beating-horse of the day so you'll see all…

Post by Larrikin » Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 4:30 AM UTC

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jeanvalmarc wrote: post #141

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> do you think our government is better than theirs? For how long? America has problems, but your order-of-magnitude calibration is way off if you think a concentration-camp operating (i.e. the real kind with over a million people who committed no crime and are held just for their beliefs and culture) expansionist (Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan) totalitarian (speech is monitored and punished in a "go to prison, right away…

On a per capita basis, the US has more people in prison than there are Uyghurs in Chinese camps and Chinese residents in prison combined. The US invaded Iraq for oil colonization.

Post by apexalpha » Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 7:25 AM UTC

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Calvin02 wrote: post #9

This is so ridiculous. Google Maps accesses the clipboard. Try it out: copy an address and open maps. So do Facebook and Instagram, I’m sure. The level of paranoia in the Valley is astounding.

My clipboard frequently holds sensitive or even compromising information. If it isn't providing direct access to my finances, it might be something that could be used to blackmail me. No, these random apps are not my spouse. They should not get access to sensitive info without explicit permission.

Post by severino » Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 11:09 AM UTC

jeanvalmarc wrote: post #141

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Well, I'm more concerned about my platform being subject to the control of my own government. Because I don't care very much about foreign governments given I happen to be a western citizen that has nothing to do with that countries. But what about ours, do you think our government is better than theirs? For how long?

> do you think our government is better than theirs? For how long? America has problems, but your order-of-magnitude calibration is way off if you think a concentration-camp operating (i.e. the real kind with over a million people who committed no crime and are held just for their beliefs and culture) expansionist (Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan) totalitarian (speech is monitored and punished in a "go to prison, right away…

Post by jimsmart » Wed, Jul 01, 2020, 4:28 PM UTC

cosmie wrote: post #135

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This is not how spies work in the real world. Kompromat, bribery, and threats. Not watching kids videos.

The intelligence apparatus of a nation-state is far more encompassing than just spies. And no one has to actually watch any videos for the above-mentioned use cases. It's an engineering assignment for data science and tech teams, not spies. As well, there's a very hazy line between government and industry interests in China, greatly expanding the potential use cases of sigint derived from such incidental data leakage…