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“TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This is true.

Now replace TikTok with Facebook, Snapchat, <insert Silicon Valley Big Tech corporation or startup here> and Beijing with Washington, DC and…

This is also true.

🤔

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2022/07/tiktok-is-unacceptable-security-risk-and-should-be-removed-from-app-stores-says-fcc/

#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #humanRights #democracy

TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC

According to the FCC commissioner, TikTok being a video app is the "sheep's clothing", suggesting a wolf hides underneath those funny videos.
Jovi Umawing (Malwarebytes)
#surveillancecapitalism #HumanRights #democracy #bigtech #peoplefarming
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Internxt
Internxt
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This is very much true with most of the Social Media platforms. Still, without a more secured and privacy-centered alternative, it will be just the same old story - big companies collecting data without consent and making bucks from it.
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Arne Babenhauserheide
Arne Babenhauserheide
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Come to #Freenet, right now, break the ring!
https://www.freenetproject.org

We also have video, but no way to track what you watch. And 3 minute videos are just right.

Freenet

www.freenetproject.org
#freenet
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kebab
kebab
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Any FOSS alternative to SnapChat? I been trying to find 1
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Lady Dorotea
Lady Dorotea
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The hypocrisy is astounding. If anone doesn't think the federal government has tapped all internet traffic for the last 15 years, they have their heads in the sand.
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Abid
Abid
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"national security risk"?? 🤔 Oh what a bullshit... Just another try to sink another site so centralized medias can survive and control everything.... Or maybe chance for #goldfish by @stux to replace #TikTok 😆 Why not
#tiktok #goldfish @stux⚡
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stux⚡
stux⚡
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ShitTok is reaaally toxic with its Chinese owner..! The gov can request data from anyone they like in China from companies so yess it IS a HUGE security risk!
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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You’re missing the point. The problem isn’t the Chinese owner. The problem is the surveillance and the data gathered and that other people have it and will use it against you. For TikTok, it’s the people who run TikTok and the Chinese government (and yes, the Chinese government is about as problematic as it gets but that’s not the point here because so is every government to one degree or other). For Facebook it’s Zuck & co. and the US government, etc., etc., etc.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Not bullshit at all. Again, however, consider that if the US considers TikTok a security risk. What should we (in Europe and elsewhere) be considering Facebook, SnapChat, etc.
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Darnell Clayton :verified:
Darnell Clayton :verified:
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😂🤣😂 The same thing happens all the time in my country, the United States 🇺🇸! I dislike the government of China 🇨🇳, but at least they are not hypocritical about harvesting corporate user data.

The USA “righteously” accuses other nations of committing the same sins America regularly practices.

Example: USA 🇺🇸 accuses Russia 🇷🇺 of illegally occupying Ukraine 🇺🇦, but the USA 🇺🇸 illegally occupies the Chagos Archipelago in Mauritius 🇲🇺.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54598084

Chagos Islands dispute: Mauritius calls US and UK 'hypocrites'

Prime Minister Jugnauth says the UK cannot talk about human rights and remain in the Chagos Islands.
BBC News
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Jason
Jason
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I appreciate you trying to flip the context, but none of the social networks are accessible by mere mortals in China. And perhaps that’s your point, but is putting up walls and using China as an example the answer?
Perhaps what you intended was to suggest that government should stay out of the social network data pools, but I think we’ve seen what happens when big tech companies have unfettered access to users. It becomes a free for all of exploitation and manipulation for profit.
So where’s the balance here? I think the EU is on the right path putting citizen rights first, generally speaking. The implantation may be a little ham fisted at this time but it will get better.
The answer, as I see it, is not found in extremism allowing or banning all access, but a balanced approach determined by *good* governance.
Now, what does good look like to you?
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Shawn Barratt
Shawn Barratt
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knowing that the same wrong is done in the US does not right, or even negate the wrong being done by TikTok/China.

End it everywhere.
No data collection without clear, opt in language and workflows

No selling or exposure of data without additional clear language, expressed, opt in.
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Resting Facebitch
Resting Facebitch
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We have fantastic choices these days! I'm actually overwhelmed.

Should I let the Americans, the Chinese or the Russians spy on me?

Ohhh I dunno I'll just go for all three!!1
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Deadly Headshot
Deadly Headshot
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Although, TikTok is still worse as the app contains the ability to download and execute arbitrary code on the device.. The others may be spyware, but TikTok is a trojan...
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