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US senators push to declassify TikTok briefings (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago (32 children)

senators were told TikTok is able to “spy on the microphone on users’ devices, track keystrokes and determine what the users are doing on other apps.”

Wow, they’ve just described Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Google’s business model as well, so why not ban these motherfuckers too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Those companies are already based in the US.

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