This is why I argue that TikTok is meaningfully no worse than Facebook, Google or Microsoft. They’re all collecting basically everything you put into them, keyloggers and all.
You can’t just single out one because it’s from China, imo.
Scroll down to the section "Information we collect automatically
" and the sub-section "Device Information".
This is what it says:
Device Information
We collect certain information about the device you use to access the Platform, such as your IP address, user agent, mobile carrier, time zone settings, identifiers for advertising purposes, model of your device, the device system, network type, device IDs, your screen resolution and operating system, app and file names and types, keystroke patterns or rhythms, battery state, audio settings and connected audio devices. Where you log-in from multiple devices, we will be able to use your profile information to identify your activity across devices. We may also associate you with information collected from devices other than those you use to log-in to the Platform.
Chinese people are cool but the Chinese government is objectively draconian and fascist. By trading with them we are showing our tolerance for such regimes.
Remember, it won't be long before Xinpang is getting the Putin treatment over Taiwan. Except you might be surprised how much we let slide in the end.
"Chinese people are cool but the Chinese government is objectively draconian and fascist."
These days all but a very few of the so-called "developed" nations governments are "objectively draconian and fascist" to some degree and growing more-so daily…
The problem with tiktok isn’t the tech. It’s the content. They have pointed a fire hose of absolute garbage content at the population. And induced some kind of mass mental illness on people, especially kids.
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This is why I argue that TikTok is meaningfully no worse than Facebook, Google or Microsoft. They’re all collecting basically everything you put into them, keyloggers and all.
You can’t just single out one because it’s from China, imo.
But tiktok does much more than that. They collect the name of every document on your phone and every app that you have installed.
They must be using exploits for that, then, since iPhone lets me know and control all my sensitive information like pictures, contacts, camera, etc!
Wow that is crazy. Do you have a source for that for me to share by the way?
Go to their Privacy Policy page:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy-us?lang=en
Click on "What information do we collect?"
Scroll down to the section "Information we collect automatically " and the sub-section "Device Information".
This is what it says:
One of the listed items is "app and file names".Windows 10 does this more or less if you use it long enough without changing the recommend settings. FAANG is spyware.
It's wild how much various forces are trying to get me to hate China now. FUD on anything China.
Chinese people are cool but the Chinese government is objectively draconian and fascist. By trading with them we are showing our tolerance for such regimes.
Remember, it won't be long before Xinpang is getting the Putin treatment over Taiwan. Except you might be surprised how much we let slide in the end.
These days all but a very few of the so-called "developed" nations governments are "objectively draconian and fascist" to some degree and growing more-so daily…
The problem with tiktok isn’t the tech. It’s the content. They have pointed a fire hose of absolute garbage content at the population. And induced some kind of mass mental illness on people, especially kids.