Post AQsYmb6umjP4ccqBcW by ihnatko@twit.social
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 (DIR) Post #AQsYmb6umjP4ccqBcW by ihnatko@twit.social
       2022-12-22T22:32:20Z
       
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       As I said this morning on Boston Public Radio: Bytedance's required subservience to China's national intel laws is a worry, sure…but the simple fact that TikTok is a popular social media app makes the company a potential danger in and of itself.I wish Apple & Google would respond to this egregious abuse by declaring TikTok to be spyware. I wish they'd pull it from app stores until TikTok convinces independent auditors that this kind of thing can't happen again.https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/
       
 (DIR) Post #AQsYmbX9DCO3vz78Vc by leo@twit.social
       2022-12-22T22:41:30Z
       
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       @ihnatko Yeah I'm afraid I'm going to have to come around on my support for TikTok after this.I should point out that the same thing is almost certainly happening on Twitter now. And maybe Facebook, too.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQsZUr1oxplWjRYrdw by realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world
       2022-12-22T22:49:26.590896Z
       
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       I mean #Apple and #Google make spyware too
       
 (DIR) Post #AQsbNeiOXvIQQMAbo0 by ThatMichaelM@mstdn.social
       2022-12-22T23:10:33Z
       
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       @leo @ihnatko Every major social media company does this.  Since mass data collection is how they profit, I don't find this news to be all that shocking.Is this creepy?  Yes.Should companies face repercussions for doing this?  Yes.If people are uncomfortable with their data being collected and tracked, they should consider purchasing a burner/pay-as-you-go phone.  Mass surveillance, unfortunately, is part of the world we live in now.