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I see that we are in for another round of "the US govt banning TikTok is good because I don't like TikTok" discourse, so it's a good time for me to be on vacation.
@evacide My response to this was that I finally decided to download and join TikTok. Watched some videos of cars autocrossing to seed the algorithm a bit…
The incentives are all messed up.
How about institute a privacy tax. Tax a hefty amount (ie. tax the living shit) on each personal info record these companies create. Make loss or misuse of data a company ending crime.
The more data they collect - the more tax they owe and the more risk they face.
That tax revenue could then be used to mitigate some of the damage. It would also force these companies to consider storing less data and using it more responsibly.
@evacide TikTok today, but what tomorrow? In Germany we had a WebEX fail, but they mentioned a Huawei ban. Always think what you wish for.
@evacide I hope I'm not being controversial for the sake of it, but I'd be ok if they banned all social media companies large enough to wield non negligible influence, regardless of the country they are based in.
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Honest question from a tech-aware but just a regular non-cybersecurity guy...
But I still probably shouldn't put TikTok on my phone, just like I don't put Facebook on my phone, right?
@dingodog19 I wouldn't do it, but my personal threat model includes the Chinese government. Your threat model may differ.
@evacide oh that's high on my list. Also why I won't buy a Lenovo, even though they are pretty great machines.
I feel like that is an aspect of this discussion that is getting lost in all the noise - the privacy threat of these things is not exactly the same, right? Some are giant corporations, some are companies with insufficient security, and some are state actors.
Depending on your threat model, reasonable people could take different stands in any given app, right?