22july2013

JFC_PA said:

Other than suspicions has anyone ever delivered actual proof of any PRC security violations involving TikTok? 

Here is the proof anyone should need:...

China's National Intelligence Law (2017)

1. Article 7:

• Requires organizations and citizens to “support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work” upon request.

• This clause is interpreted as obligating companies to provide data and other forms of cooperation to Chinese intelligence agencies.

2. Article 14:

• Grants intelligence agencies the authority to demand assistance from organizations or individuals and to use their resources for intelligence gathering.

3. Article 28:

• Emphasizes confidentiality, stating that individuals and organizations must not disclose their involvement in assisting intelligence activities.

China's Personal Information Protection Law (2021): Similar to GDPR in some respects but includes provisions that prioritize national security over personal privacy.

In case you didn't notice in the text above, TikTok is prohibited by law from revealing if China's intelligence agencies have taken their data.

darren mccoy said:

It mustn't have been THAT popular if it's getting a 43% price cut.

Or maybe a new model is imminent and dumping the existing inventory is needed.

I suppose I'd rather safari to Syria than to Seattle since it's safer.

A 100 year ban for doing something that is normally permissible behaviour is extremely punitive and excessive, especially when the problem was that their own anti-cheat software wasn't functioning correctly under emulation. 100 years? Not even murderers get that length of punishment.

I was initially going to say that Blackmagic is the Apple of video hardware. But then I realized this camera wasn't actually expensive for what it does, so now I'm saying that Blackmagic is the AmazonBasics of video hardware.