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[–] [email protected] 121 points 9 months ago (4 children)

A true patriot supports local spyware!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Please log my IP address. This is a house that loves Managed Democracy^tm^

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Please log my IP address.

127.0.0.1

Checkmate. We're watching you.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol I started DDoSing this losers IP address, good op sec dumba

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

holdon i have connection issues

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't discriminate. I say the data protection of all of these services is terrible and you shouldn't use them.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This forced sale of TikTok for national security is a farce because they were already forced to move their service to the US on an American-owned hosting provider, and they have already put people with a history of aligning with “American interests” into executive positions, like CEO Shou Zi Chew and vice president Michael Beckerman. I think the US “intelligence community” already has everything it needs to monitor and control TikTok.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

I have a geoIP alias on my firewall and can still see TikTok sending telemetry to a Chinese CDN.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

If so, then maybe the US “intelligence community” doesn’t actually see that as a problem, despite the cold war propaganda.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter where the servers are located physically but who can access the data that's on them

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

They were physically relocated to the US so that the US can access the data, as people like Edward Snowden and Mark Klein have shown us. I’m sure the US knows precisely what data is and isn’t being sent to China.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (6 children)

23andMe is much, much worse than the others due to the nature of the data it sells.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Also, you don't actually need to share your own data to be vulnerable. Some stupid relative sharing their genetic information is enough to have some ideas about you. I'm fortunate that it's hasn't caught on in my home country.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (9 children)

How come every thread I see about this topic, there is nobody who is concerned about letting the federal government dictate which apps you can and cannot use to communicate with other people? This is some 1984 shit.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I would say make laws about data collection, usage, etc. instead of banning TikTok.

Heck, fix more important problems like income disparity, hunger, homelessness, healthcare, our wasteful spending, so many things more important and yet we're wasting time on TikTok.

I don't think people think this is a good use of time.

Seriously, it's government overreach and ignoring freedom of speech, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (6 children)
  1. TikTok, regardless of the country of origin, is known to be spyware on a much greater level than everything else on this list. It collects every click, interaction, and even your clipboard, among other things, sometimes while not using the app.

  2. Yes, this kind of data harvesting should be illegal for Google, Facebook, etc. Do something about it, US government. Unfortunately our next best option is to use FOSS where possible.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I remember when TikTok was first getting popular in the States, and some reverse engineer I followed on Twitter posted his findings about it, and it was honestly pretty terrifying. Like unfettered access to your device, regardless of permissions granted, and remote code execution capabilities kind of terrifying. I don't think Spotify does that lmao

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

This mean android permissions don't work and a Google should be hold accountable also

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Nothing beats Instagram, Facebook, Google, Microsoft or Twitter in spyware. Have you heard of the Snowden revelations? These companies provide all their data to US spies.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

"we will harvest your DNA and put a literal implant into your brain" melon-musk

so-true

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Spying on user data is a constitutional right of US companies, what are the poor going to live on when they can't traffic with your data, or when a disgusting red communist company steals their bread? A little more proper patriotism, guys. Bad enough that the EU is cutting the wings of this companies, therefore also don't use EU apps to make America great again.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Spottily is a Swedish company

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Just install an alternative app Store like Aurora or install it directly from TikTok sites.

For open source projects, you can also use Obtainium or F-Droid

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Imagine spending the time and effort to make that perfect whatabout meme you spent all day thinking about- only to have people tell you that all of them should be shut down.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Gathering and selling your data.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So much data to infer from your music tastes. Listening to music about breakup? You had a breakup yourself. Listening to classical music? You're a top earner. Listening to Eminem? You like mom's spaghetti.

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