• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    China doesn’t need TikTok to do any of that, including the data collection. They can just get it from data brokers (either by purchasing or stealing it). Because guess what? Data collection and/or sale of said data to foreign countries wasn’t made illegal with this bill.

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        8 months ago

        Foreign adversaries. What’s to stop them from selling to an ally and the ally re-selling that data?

        If they’re this concerned they need to ban data brokers in general. And enforce those bans.

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        8 months ago

        That was already a law. Facebook is being sued for it right now by the government after getting caught doing it multiple times over the last 15ish years.

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        8 months ago

        It’s not really a ban though, it’s a forced sale. Cyber attacks come from more than just China, and there are more companies selling data to China than just TikTok. I also see (and protect against) cyber attacks every day at my job.

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            8 months ago

            I mean, you are correct that a complete ban is unpopular. But I don’t think that’s the exclusive reason the forced sale was provided as an option. TikTok (and the data on it) is super valuable. Someone will most likely buy it, and the data collection and foreign sale (or theft) will continue.

            China is a threat, and so are the data brokers. This benefits US-based data brokers, but does it really benefit the individual citizen? I personally don’t think so, at least not from a data collection and personal privacy perspective.

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            8 months ago

            Keeps? I’ve seen one documented instance and it’s literally a headcount for engagement hacking.