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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

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The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A draft agreement with a federal agency to avoid a ban would have given US agencies unprecedented access to TikTok's facilities and servers.

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This is why the US Government wants to ban Tiktok. It’s very easy for them to force Google, Apple, Microsoft or Twitter to spy on people. It’s much harder with a Chinese company that is headquartered overseas.

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