TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and voiceprints (2021)

Post by Tao3300 » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:09 PM UTC

xbar wrote: post #20

upupandup wrote: post #5

A security researcher wrote an article while back and it was shocking to see how much data TikTok was collecting: - biometrics - what words are mentioned in the video, popularity - surrounding wifi, location data - your contacts (presumably to cross link to social media platforms) I just can't believe that a powerful country like America is letting a not-so-friendly military/civilian complex infiltrate it for somewha…

TikTok is a spectacular example of both human- and democracy-hacking. It's like an authoritarian regime saw facebook in 2012 and said, "hold my beverage of choice."

Post by theplumber » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:13 PM UTC

noirbot wrote: post #202

theplumber wrote: post #26

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Like google, twitter, facebook, instagram, apple and more.

At very least Twitter and Apple have a decent track record of declining to provide data without justification. It seems pretty safe to assume the Chinese government wouldn't have to ask at all to get any of this information.

Post by hammock » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

PontifexMinimus wrote: post #109

hammock wrote: post #36

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Is this collection different from, say, Meta? I believe they collect all the same information via Instagram. And before someone says Meta is an American company, not controlled by an adversary, let me recall that it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way (“democracy hacking” as another commenter said). Meta may not be YOUR adversary, but t…

> it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way Like all US billionaires, then? > Meta may not be YOUR adversary, but that fact is not necessarily true of all (or even most) Americans The US government and ruling class doesn't see Meta as their adversary, even if it this the adversary of some Americans.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

xeromal wrote: post #214

hammock wrote: post #36

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Is this collection different from, say, Meta? I believe they collect all the same information via Instagram. And before someone says Meta is an American company, not controlled by an adversary, let me recall that it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way (“democracy hacking” as another commenter said). Meta may not be YOUR adversary, but t…

One is committing a genocide of muslims and one is playing fast and loose with your data. It's disingenuous to assume their capabilities are the same.

Post by kube-system » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:20 PM UTC

dirtyid wrote: post #200

kube-system wrote: post #184

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I'm mostly referring to the rights of private companies operating under US law to dispute executive action. Apple, for example, refuses to unlock phones regardless of the citizenship status of user.

Apple unlock drama was over "all writs act" where FBI compelled Apple to write new software to access user hardware versus using alleged (non)existing capabilities. FBI ended up using third party solutions, but after US gov decided to simply cirvumvent user layer via CLOUD act to simply legistate that manufactures have to make such remote access capabilities available, aka adopting PRC requirements. Seems to me, func…