tylersdad

foregoneconclusion said:

The risk of an individual having personal data harvested by Chinese companies isn't the same as a national security risk. The government always has the option of banning federal employees from using an app if they do have some concerns, but banning random citizens from using something like that has no national security purpose. 

Problem is, it isn't just Federal employees who do the work of the US government. There are many private firms who contract services to the government. And there are a lot of really stupid people out there who don't know which platforms are safe to do business on. Tiktok servers are in Singapore and China (through Alibaba). And while Tiktok provides their servers, Chinese law says that any server in China must be accessible by the Chinese government (I've linked the article which shows the issues concerning this law). 

https://intpolicydigest.org/the-global-implications-of-china-s-national-and-cyber-security-laws/#:~:text=The Chinese government's 2015 National,keys, and backdoor access to

Skeptical said:

Pay cuts for doing the same if not similar work from home. Really Facebook? Another reason to hate them. 

Yes. This isn't just a Facebook thing. When I moved from California to Washington I was told there might be an adjustment if the pay range from my local office was less than my old local office. Since the new local office was Seattle and the old local office was San Jose, I didn't receive an adjustment.

There are a lot of people moving into my town from LA, Seattle and Portland. They think they can work anywhere, so they're leaving the cities. They're selling their expensive city homes, making a ton of money and driving up prices here in my town to ridiculous heights. Already overpriced homes are going for 20+% over asking and many of those to people with cash. Locals can't compete. 

Hopefully this policy will drive them back to where they came from and the local housing market will stabilize. 

lkrupp said:

tylersdad said:

lkrupp said:

tylersdad said:

So, in essence, if you don't have the extra funds to pay for additional RAM or drive space and you want to upgrade those at a later time, you're out of luck. 

No thanks. 

Then you’ll be leaving the Mac platform shortly, right? Because this is the future of the Mac. 

I left the Mac platform in 1994. 

Then why are you here? Makes no sense.

I mean...Apple makes more than just Macs, right? 

lkrupp said:

tylersdad said:

So, in essence, if you don't have the extra funds to pay for additional RAM or drive space and you want to upgrade those at a later time, you're out of luck. 

No thanks. 

Then you’ll be leaving the Mac platform shortly, right? Because this is the future of the Mac. 

I left the Mac platform in 1994. 

So, in essence, if you don't have the extra funds to pay for additional RAM or drive space and you want to upgrade those at a later time, you're out of luck. 

No thanks.