You are the perpetual troll Chuck.
Whether you believe Tik Tok or Wechat are portals to China's cyber back
door or not, this approach of doing whack-an-app (think like whack a
mole) is probably the wrong way to do it. There is probably a more
global way of dealing with this type of threat (or perceived threat).
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 9/19/2020 3:06 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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.
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