Trump to Ban TikTok – and Tencent?

[Ifreann]

Dude's been doing the job for almost four years and he still doesn't have any notion what his powers are.

[Galloism]

This actually doesn’t surprise me. A friend of mine showed how tiktok monitors the device’s clipboard, and anytime the content of the device’s clipboard changes, it sends the new contents back to China.

This is true even if it’s running in the background.

It was barred on corporate devices and personal devices contractors use for work months ago.

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

This actually doesn’t surprise me. A friend of mine showed how tiktok monitors the device’s clipboard, and anytime the content of the device’s clipboard changes, it sends the new contents back to China.

This is true even if it’s running in the background.

Keep copying those pictures of Winnie the Pooh.

[ArenaC]

YES!
GenZ (which is a generation including myself) can finally use platforms where they don't create cringe 24/7!

None of it was funny. Glad it had a reason to fuck off.

[Nuroblav]

Keep copying those pictures of Winnie the Pooh.

Don't forget Peppa Pig

[-Astoria-]

YES!
GenZ (which is a generation including myself) can finally use platforms where they don't create cringe 24/7!

None of it was funny. Glad it had a reason to fuck off.

Instagram, Reddit & 4chan called.

[Galloism]

This actually doesn’t surprise me. A friend of mine showed how tiktok monitors the device’s clipboard, and anytime the content of the device’s clipboard changes, it sends the new contents back to China.

This is true even if it’s running in the background.

Keep copying those pictures of Winnie the Pooh.

Yeah.

Meanwhile, just FYI, they’re vacuuming up everything that might be on a clipboard. Credit card numbers. Bank accounts. Pictures of your grandma. Whatever you happen to copy and paste.

[Torisakia]

While people will put forth the "but American apps collect our citizen's personal data too", they're collecting data about their own people which would happen regardless if apps existed or not. In this case, a foreign opponent is collecting our citizen's data (if the claims are true) and that's no good.

Every app collects personal data in some way, shape, or form, but it all depends on where that data is going. It's all an ethics issue that even the best scientists in the world can't solve.

[Cisairse]

This actually doesn’t surprise me. A friend of mine showed how tiktok monitors the device’s clipboard, and anytime the content of the device’s clipboard changes, it sends the new contents back to China.

This is true even if it’s running in the background.

It was barred on corporate devices and personal devices contractors use for work months ago.

Every app that uses Google location services does this.

[Atheris]

based

[Cisairse]

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While people will put forth the "but American apps collect our citizen's personal data too", they're collecting data about their own people which would happen regardless if apps existed or not. In this case, a foreign opponent is collecting our citizen's data (if the claims are true) and that's no good.

Every app collects personal data in some way, shape, or form, but it all depends on where that data is going. It's all an ethics issue that even the best scientists in the world can't solve.

Google being domestic does not in any way make them not an opponent.

[Galloism]

This actually doesn’t surprise me. A friend of mine showed how tiktok monitors the device’s clipboard, and anytime the content of the device’s clipboard changes, it sends the new contents back to China.

This is true even if it’s running in the background.

It was barred on corporate devices and personal devices contractors use for work months ago.

Every app that uses Google location services does this.

Source?

[Cisairse]

Every app that uses Google location services does this.

Source?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06 ... oard-data/

The library was fixed but a handful of apps haven't updated. Notice the "and 32 other iOS apps" bit. This isn't a TikTok thing.

[Torisakia]

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While people will put forth the "but American apps collect our citizen's personal data too", they're collecting data about their own people which would happen regardless if apps existed or not. In this case, a foreign opponent is collecting our citizen's data (if the claims are true) and that's no good.

Every app collects personal data in some way, shape, or form, but it all depends on where that data is going. It's all an ethics issue that even the best scientists in the world can't solve.

Google being domestic does not in any way make them not an opponent.

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

[Atheris]

Source?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06 ... oard-data/

The library was fixed but a handful of apps haven't updated. Notice the "and 32 other iOS apps" bit. This isn't a TikTok thing.

Good thing I use the superior android B)

[Cisairse]

Google being domestic does not in any way make them not an opponent.

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

Not really.

[Atheris]

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

Not really.

They're one of the largest companies in America. Yeah, it would be pretty hard.

[Torisakia]

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

Not really.

I like DuckDuckGo better anyway, though I doubt the whole "full privacy" thing it advertises.

[Galloism]

Source?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06 ... oard-data/

The library was fixed but a handful of apps haven't updated. Notice the "and 32 other iOS apps" bit. This isn't a TikTok thing.

Notably, the article points out tiktok promised to stop and made it more aggressive instead, while quite a few others stopped.

[Ifreann]

Google being domestic does not in any way make them not an opponent.

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

It's also going to be hard to ban TikTok because, shockingly, the US Constitution doesn't give the President the power to just ban things he doesn't like.

[Cisairse]

Not really.

They're one of the largest companies in America. Yeah, it would be pretty hard.

We've broken up "the largest company in America" before. Twice! We can do it again.

[New haven america]

Wonder how this ban will overlap with the First Amendment, although I can't say I'll miss Tiktok.

If a piece of media is deemed to pose a legitimate threat to national security, it can be banned. Probably the most famous example of this is when Lincoln banned any media company (Newspapers, journals, etc...) from publishing any piece that showed the Confederacy in a positive light or else risk heavy fines or forced dissolution.

Yeah, this has been a major debate topic in the government for a while now, and the general consessous is... They're not really sure how constitutional this is either.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

It's also going to be hard to ban TikTok because, shockingly, the US Constitution doesn't give the President the power to just ban things he doesn't like.

But, but. He said tomorrow. Surely he wouldn't promise it if he wasn't really sure!

[Torisakia]

Maybe so. But it would be pretty hard to ban Google around these parts.

It's also going to be hard to ban TikTok because, shockingly, the US Constitution doesn't give the President the power to just ban things he doesn't like.

I'm almost certain it has been done in the past. I didn't pass American Government with flying colors though, so I'll probably need to be corrected on that.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Wonder how this ban will overlap with the First Amendment, although I can't say I'll miss Tiktok.

If a piece of media is deemed to pose a legitimate threat to national security, it can be banned. Probably the most famous example of this is when Lincoln banned any media company (Newspapers, journals, etc...) from publishing any piece that showed the Confederacy in a positive light or else risk heavy fines or forced dissolution.

Yeah, this has been a major debate topic in the government for a while now, and the general consessous is... They're not really sure how constitutional this is either.

I'm guessing Lincoln's thing was during a state of emergency?