South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
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Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#2I would think they would ban lots of apps on state owned devices. There's a lot of trash apps out there that are nothing but spyware.
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#3Hmm... Shouldn't they have already done this? Why would you allow garbage apps on state-owned devices?
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#4Hmm... Shouldn't they have already done this? Why would you allow garbage apps on state-owned devices?
You've never worked for a gov office have you? Getting any kind of new policies or tools added or updated when it comes to infra and IT can take years, if not decades. I would not be surprised if the one I volunteered at 10 years ago when I got my start is still on Lotus Notes.
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#5The bigger deal (bigger than the tracking that people usually focus on) might be how the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China.
One minute video that explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus9fWz0RRk
Further reading: https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/tiktok-china-engineering-oth...
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#6How on earth is it a blacklist not a whitelist? You should only be allowed to install approved applications on state owned devices.
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#7The bigger deal (bigger than the tracking that people usually focus on) might be how the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China. One minute video that explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus9fWz0RRk Further reading: https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/tiktok-china-engineering-oth...
How would a skeptic confirm this? Can one get a VPN inside China?
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#8How on earth is it a blacklist not a whitelist? You should only be allowed to install approved applications on state owned devices.
Whitelists are probably agency specific. A statewide blacklist prevents an app from being on agency whitelists.
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#9The bigger deal (bigger than the tracking that people usually focus on) might be how the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China. One minute video that explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus9fWz0RRk Further reading: https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/tiktok-china-engineering-oth...
I would be personally happy if TikTok disappeared but this seems a bit silly? Is it not equivalent to pointing out that a production making documentaries for both PBS and Netflix would make their PBS content more educational but less sensational than Netflix?
Re: South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
#10The bigger deal (bigger than the tracking that people usually focus on) might be how the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China. One minute video that explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus9fWz0RRk Further reading: https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/tiktok-china-engineering-oth...
This isn't a choice being made by TikTok, this is due to regulations/laws in China. If the US passed laws requiring TikTok to do the same in the US, they would obviously comply.