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Xed said:

That's a lot of bitterness for so few posts. I don't usually watch documentaries about living people, especially musicians, but Billie and Finneas are such a rarity of talent and success that I may check this one out.

randominternetperson said:

Thank god.  I've been waiting so many years for this.

gatorguy said:

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foregoneconclusion said:

SpamSandwich said: Then you haven’t been paying attention. It was widely discussed that the app had full access to the contents of a device’s clipboard before they were called to the carpet over that fact. In addition, their unwillingness to hand over their source code during this company sale process has been very informative.

Same question again: how would access to the clipboard of a civilian TikTok user be a threat to national security? There isn't going to be anything classified on there. 

The same question was asked and the rationale offered here:
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/11/21363092/why-is-tiktok-national-security-threat-wechat-trump-ban

Not buying their excuses. This is 100% about Trump being made a fool of at his Tulsa rally.

The reasoning they give (government employee might also have sensitive information on their phones) is pure bullshit. Anyone in government in any sort of position with access to such information would have a managed device with severe restrictions. They couldn’t even install Tik Tok on their phones in the first place.

To imply that people who work for the FBI, CIA, military, federal government or any other agency got their phone from Verizon or AT&T and set it up themselves with their own personal number is beyond ridiculous.

And I generally agree with you. I won't discount the possibility that intelligence agencies might have an undisclosed but valid reason for distrusting the apps involved, but the reasons offered to the public so far seem more like after-the-fact excuses.

mcdave said:

Well, I guess we can’t accuse China of being dictatorial any more.  Where’s the uproar about Apple enforcing a dictatorship now?