TikTok ban: "It's a spy balloon into your phone."
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CrystalRaindrops — 3 years ago(March 01, 2023 09:55 AM)
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Tuesday he opposed a Republican bill that would give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and other apps.
The committee opened debate on Tuesday on the measure, which Republican committee chair Michael McCaul sponsored to grant the administration new powers to ban the ByteDance-owned app that is used by more than 100 million Americans. The committee delayed a vote on the measure until Wednesday.
"Many Americans do not realize one of the greatest surveillance efforts from (China) has been silently gathering personal data in their pockets," McCaul said, referring to TikTok. "TikTok is a national security threat … It is time to act."
Representative Gregory Meeks said he strongly opposed the legislation, saying it would "damage our allegiances across the globe, bring more companies into China's sphere, destroy jobs here in the United States and undercut core American values of free speech and free enterprise." -
WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 01, 2023 03:45 PM)
If it is true that it is used to spy, how exactly does it work?
Is there some Chinese person sitting there watching someone watching their video or are they able to tap into their phones once they start watching TT or download their app?
Our Govt. is already telling it's workers to stop watching it on their phones and it seems taking steps like that would be enough to prevent it.
I mean, watching a common person's movements like going grocery shopping, gassing up the car, doing chores, watching Three's Company etc is meaningless.
I think it is more rumor than anything else.
Otherwise how did we find out about it?
Someone spying on them?
LOL
And our own govt. can spy on you if you have a cell phone.
That is how they catch criminals.
By tapping into it since it gives off signals letting Big Bro. know where you are when you have it with you.
Criminals need to learn by now to leave it at home or somewhere else and not on them if they are going to commit a crime.
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CrystalRaindrops — 3 years ago(March 02, 2023 09:08 AM)
I don't know. It doesn't make much sense, since there are tons of products in the US from China that could get people's data and/or monitor them if they wanted to.
Some smart TVs have cameras in them (facing the people watching TV). Some people don't even know their TVs have cameras in them. Even if they do know, it's probably recording them when they don't realize it. -
WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 02, 2023 04:03 PM)
I did put a piece of tape over the camera on my computer.
I dunno how watching any of us common folk can be that exciting for them.
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 02, 2023 04:05 PM)
And good point of how we have products from China they could use to spy on.
Like Apple electronics.
How come clowngress is not suspecting and going ape over that instead?
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138 — 3 years ago(March 02, 2023 09:45 AM)
I remember Hot Topic being easy to steal from back in the 00's. They let you go behind the counter where all the spiky and studded belts and studded belts and stuff were. I didn't, but had friends who did.
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