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All this really does is add a three second step to their students' day: - Turn off WiFi - Open TikTok on 5G connection Everyone talking about VPNs is overthinking this.
I don't care about this kind of stuff as much as a lot of people do. Hopefully they also start blocking China from buying up USA farmland and housing.
Governor Abbott is supporting that bill at the moment https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-banning-texas-land-purch... Yet, Aramco (Saudi Arabia) purchased the largest oil refinery in the US under his watch. https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/01/investing/saudi-arabia-buys...
> In a statement, a representative from TikTok said they are disappointed by the news. > "We're disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok," spokesperson Jamal Brown wrote. Regardless of you stance on Texas and Texans and politics, the above is a pretty funny…
> We have to protect the integrity of short video apps that are built for advertisers to push products and services through ads and influencers. So, you're in favor of banning YouTube and most forms of television?
> In a statement, a representative from TikTok said they are disappointed by the news. > "We're disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok," spokesperson Jamal Brown wrote. Regardless of you stance on Texas and Texans and politics, the above is a pretty funny…
That's pretty easy to do; to characterize nationalist censorship in terms of trivialities. I could literally use being "built for advertisers to push products and services through ads and influencers" to ban television, newspapers, and every social network.
Why does it have to be nationalist censorship?
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Why should the US allow the CCP to have free rein over user's data when the CCP bans US Tech companies from operating in China for the same reason?
Why should you get a say in what applications americans decide to use?
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> jamming cell phone service is illegal. My local Macy's has found a workaround: thick walls. Ain't no way you're checking the price on Amazon inside their four walls!
Jokes aside, the walls are probably thick because Simon Property Group gets better insurance rates.
1: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/retailers-tracking-shopper...
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The "legitimate reason" is that knowing information about their users is TikTok's business model.
It's also the business model of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and dozens of tech companies that are used everyday by users here without batting an eye. What is your point?
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That's pretty easy to do; to characterize nationalist censorship in terms of trivialities. I could literally use being "built for advertisers to push products and services through ads and influencers" to ban television, newspapers, and every social network.
Why isn't UT Austin allowed to block something on the grounds of cyber security? Why does it have to be nationalist censorship?
The concerns with TikTok are always around data collection and propaganda, not it pwning other stuff on the same network with malicious network traffic?
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Same. Just don't give apps all of the permissions. TikTok doesn't have access to my camera, photo library, microphone, local network, location, etc. It's not that hard.
Do you also forbid giving TikTok access to your brain? That’s the main issue here.
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Do you also forbid giving TikTok access to your brain? That’s the main issue here.
Dang, do you know how bad you sound? TikTok may be crack cocaine but it’s just media, protected expression, and beyond consideration for censorship. You let these bastards turn off this app and they will come back and do it again and again. Mind cancer! For the good of national security! Save the children! What a bunch of rubbish. Go back to school! Wait, you’re screwed there too!