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Tik Tok: Serious Question

Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:00 am
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:00 am
The government is trying to ban it because it “collects data on users.” So does every other app or website. What makes Tik Tok so dangerous?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:01 am to
quote:

What makes Tik Tok so dangerous?

Chiner...and they're asshoes
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32665 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:02 am to
China is asshoe
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
11082 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:02 am to
China
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
6589 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:02 am to
it collects data on users, and then sends that data directly to the CCP

Here in America, we don't do that! We collect data on users, and then SELL it to the CCP!
Posted by LoneStar23
USA
Member since Aug 2019
5214 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:02 am to
It’s not bad when Americans in Silicon Valley collect the same data. Only when China does
This post was edited on 9/18/20 at 8:03 am
Posted by LSUcam7
FL
Member since Sep 2016
7909 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:02 am to
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21351 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:03 am to
This begs the question. What other apps are Chinese owned that do the same thing. Tik Tok is just the hot new app so it’s getting a lot of attention. I’d have to think the Chinese have developed more popular apps in the US than just TT and We Chat
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68926 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:03 am to
It's because of China.

Facebook Apple microsoft and Google aren't owned by china
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83630 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:04 am to
The government just wants an American company to buy it so they can buy the data instead of China getting it

nobody actually cares about collecting data, that is just political fodder
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
13513 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:08 am to
China.


I wish there was a way to cut them off from anything involving tech. They're dug into us like ticks.

I'd be willing to pay more for tech items not coming from China...We've invited them behind closed doors.
This post was edited on 9/18/20 at 8:12 am
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89952 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:11 am to
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The government is trying to ban it because it “collects data on users.” So does every other app or website. What makes Tik Tok so dangerous?


The Chinese government.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18518 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:18 am to
Apparently China is collecting data on US citizens. Which I have no doubt they’ve been doing for a long time. The same way that guy who made that aging app sold the data to the Russians, supposedly. This is the digital age. If agencies want intel on you, they can get it.
Posted by Uptowner
The OP
Member since Oct 2019
2030 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:26 am to
What about my freedom? I'm perfectly capable of protecting myself from Chi-com snooping. I don't need the government doing it for me.
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
37140 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:34 am to
If a company is a certain percent owned by China, they are considered by the CCP as a Chinese busiest and have to do whatever they say. This is why Trump is making them sell a portion to a US company
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
5742 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:47 am to
Shares data with Communist rulers of China. Owner has partnered with communist govt to hire a bunch of Party members at corporate offices in Beijing and share info after being threatened with a shut down by Communists.
Also has been known to remove/censure pro Hong Kong posts and anti Chinese govt postings.
This post was edited on 9/18/20 at 9:12 am
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
34825 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:51 am to
Yeah I don't get it either. You are kidding yourself if facebook, twitter and the rest aren't handing your data over to China
Posted by NotoriousFSU
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2008
10258 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 9:00 am to
It’s a known fact the CCP had the right to demand TikTok to share any data with them at any time they requested. Said data includes things that are very private and personal like passwords, text message conversations and even something benign as your recent clipboards. Basically they could use tiktok to spy on everyone and collect info that could be used to influence or harm, but they denied it the entire time even after it was investigated and proven true.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37161 posts
Posted on 9/18/20 at 9:18 am to
This is election year propaganda at the finest.

Look, every app you put on your phone collects data and sells it to nefarious groups. If this one app is shut down, whatever, the Chi-coms will get your information another way.

The fact that this is some unheard of national security risk is absurd. Be careful (and tell your kids to be careful) with what you post online and what you save on your phone.
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