Or just stop building iPhones. -----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 5:07 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TikTok ban
Yeah, they be brewing up a new batch of nasty down in Wuhan... But they will probably build a vaccine for themselves first this time and make sure their whole population will be good. Welcome to WW3. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 4:01 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TikTok ban Banning WeChat is probably more consequential, it's used for real things, not just silly dance videos. And of course we can expect China to retaliate against US companies. This feels like Rockem Sockem Robots. -----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 4:23 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TikTok ban Tick Tock the crocodile seems like a much bigger threat. Known hand (and clock) eater. But yeah, the app stores location data, and the Chinese government could get hold of it. Hold on there, that's OUR government's job. Good thing other social media apps like Facebook don't store location data. </sarcasm> I saw a review of Reels, the competitor to TikTok that Facebook/Instagram took 2 years to develop, on a tech site. The review basically said Reels sucked in comparison, and that TikTok was a well designed app, well targeted to what the user and creator community wanted. How dare they succeed by designing something people like. So you could say that US social media companies can't come up with a better product, so ban the competition. But it's probably more accurate to say it's an election year. -----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 3:54 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TikTok ban I don’t even really understand what the threat is. I downloaded tiktok to see what all the fuss was about. All I saw were folks in various states of disrobement dancing to music. What national security issue is this? > On Sep 19, 2020, at 4:43 PM, Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9/19/20 1:38 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> I don’t know why the Commerce Dept. wants to pit its technical >> prowess against 14 year olds. They’re bringing a knife to a gun fight. > > > More like a plastic knife. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
