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FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Re: FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Post by mejutoco »

strangegecko wrote: post #218
RektBoy wrote: post #203

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> Who cares? Is this an American thing to always brag something about race, or how much "non-racist we are"? Nobody gives a sh* here. As another European who lives in Asia, I don't understand this European love of blanket ranting against Americans. Yes, the US still has a racism problem. In fact, every country in the world has racism problems. That doesn't make the topic of who can get elected irrelevant. Can you ima…

> Can you imagine ANY kind of foreigner getting elected into government in China

Obama was/is african-american, not a foreigner

Re: FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Post by yieldcrv »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #180
snehk wrote: post #10

I don't have a horse in this race at all, but the annoying part is that the same rules don't get applied across the board. Everything they're accusing TikTok of - from data harvesting to the government having access to said data - is true for western companies as well and that should be the problem. Not the fact that the data is now in the hands of the Chinese but that the data is being collected at all provided to t…

This isn't about TikTok posing a security risk to the consumer. It's about TikTok posing a security risk to the state. Of course the FCC, which is effectively an arm of the US government, is not going to be as concerned about corporations handing your data over to the US government.

many of us would prefer they say it that way, then

Re: FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Post by ComodoHacker »

hjkl0 wrote: post #250
tuxie_ wrote: post #134

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Do you understand that your own government has even more power over you than a foreign one? It's in your best interest that no government collects this kind of data about you.

But don’t forget that you also have much more power over your government than a foreign one.

Depends on country and government, TBH.

Re: FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Post by cudgy »

fragmede wrote: post #225
cudgy wrote: post #206

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Ok. Put a stop to TikTok and allow US companies to vacuum up our data. China then hacks those companies servers or installs agents within the companies and gets the data anyway. Security threat not avoided. None of these companies should be allowed to store and abuse the sensitive information people divulge when using many of these services.

Is the data the issue? Or is it ongoing interference with the algorithm that pushes content to users that's the real issue? Tweaking what the users see affects those users far more than just selling their data to make money.

Yes, that is a concern as well. There is a threat from three primary vectors: data, algorithm, and hardware. All can be used for nefarious purposes with hardware being the most fundamental and scariest threat of all.

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

SapporoChris wrote: post #179
ampgt wrote: post #114

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Yes. Because when Americans “spy on” other Americans they have to abide by the fourth amendment. China does not.

>Because when Americans “spy on” other Americans they have to abide by the fourth amendment. Thank you, I had a good laugh: Snowden, Amazon Ring, Social Media, many many more. I sincerely hope that you do not honestly believe that Americans 'have to' abide by the fourth amendment. It's violated with ever increasing frequency and while enforcement is prevalent in some areas it is absent in others.

Can you similarly name the Chinese programs? Read about them in a free press, or at least dissident blog posts? Do you enjoy being able to discuss these things freely without worry of being arrested?

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Post by narag »

jen20 wrote: post #163
germandiago wrote: post #141

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I am not for or against russians or ukranians. Think whatever but in a war you are going to see many disgusting things from both sides. It is like that. I declare myself neutral and the last thing I wanted is my country to be involved in this stuff (and others). Of course, at the same time I think that Russian invasion was stupid and a mistake. This is a power game and nothing else. I just want to live normal, not to…

> I am not for or against russians Assuming you are actually German (based on your username), you really shouldn’t require a particularly deep history lesson to understand why Russia is a problem. Jesus fuck man, the brick line runs through the center of your own capital city.

Assuming you are actually German...

Germán is a name, equivalent to Germain, Armand or Herman.

Re: FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores

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Post by david_allison »

NullPrefix wrote: post #248
david_allison wrote: post #147

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Very unlikely to be accurate. If it was, TikTok wouldn't be on the app stores. * Browsing history: If a user uses a WebView in your app, you can obtain the history of* that WebView instance. Xiaomi phones let applications have access to the first (100?) bytes of each pcap line. [note: this is probably unintended, but their bug bounty programme didn't care]. * Keystroke patterns: You can track user keystrokes within y…

>Xiaomi phones let applications have access to the first (100?) bytes of each pcap line What is pcap line?

A 'row' of packet capture data (in Wireshark's output). I apologize for the lack of clarity. I'm unfamiliar with network terminology and unsure what this looks like on the binary level.

The files are in: /storage/emulated/0/MIUI/debug_log/common/tcpdump if you have a phone to test.

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