See what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser

Post by baby » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:49 PM UTC

sva_ wrote: post #9

I just don't understand how we can allow a Chinese social media app in the west, while any non-chinese social media apps aren't allowed there? Same with housing, why can Chinese nationals buy housing here, while I can't do so there?

Post by treeman79 » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:50 PM UTC

baby wrote: post #12

sva_ wrote: post #9

I just don't understand how we can allow a Chinese social media app in the west, while any non-chinese social media apps aren't allowed there? Same with housing, why can Chinese nationals buy housing here, while I can't do so there?

We’re not a dictatorship?

Post by sva_ » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:51 PM UTC

withinboredom wrote: post #15

sva_ wrote: post #9

I just don't understand how we can allow a Chinese social media app in the west, while any non-chinese social media apps aren't allowed there? Same with housing, why can Chinese nationals buy housing here, while I can't do so there?

Because it’s a sovereign country that makes its own rules? So, basically the same reason that you can’t just move to Italy because you feel like it.

Post by Evan_Hellmuth » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:53 PM UTC

madrox wrote: post #13

I feel like there is a litany of the internet: "that which can be collected will be." That's been true since the beginning. What continues to surprise me is that people think only "bad guys" do it. This is why we continue to lock down browsers and provide ever narrower permission classes.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:55 PM UTC

zx8080 wrote: post #3

Is it similar to what Meta in Instagram does? [0] - a week ago thread. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32415470