Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them (www.cbc.ca)
from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 15:40
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foggy@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 15:55 next collapse

Also Facebook but 🤫

IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works on 17 May 2024 16:28 next collapse

I’d be perfectly fine with banning Facebook too. In fact, let’s just make the behavior itself illegal, regardless which site engages in it.

While we’re at it, let’s do something really fun, like making corporate board members legally responsible for their companies actions.

This type of stuff will take forever to get into law, so in the meantime, TikTok can fuck off.

Zehzin@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 16:51 collapse

Hello? Based department?

disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 16:36 collapse

Chinese intelligence has infiltrated so many avenues of the US that they’re considered a hostile nation. I guarantee you’d find Zuckerberg under the same scrutiny if Meta was repeatedly caught hacking into US military and intelligence systems.

With that being said, we should enable nation privacy legislation like the GDPR to protect against this behavior from all services.

foggy@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 16:48 collapse

Meta’s not hacking into our military because they have the keys.

disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 16:52 collapse

I believe you have that reversed.

…meta.com/…/government-data-requests/

ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works on 17 May 2024 15:57 next collapse

Warning!!! China can do what America is already doing!!!

[deleted] on 17 May 2024 16:35 next collapse
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Alatain@lemmy.world on 18 May 2024 02:23 collapse

Whataboutism doesn’t suddenly make the action ok. Two countries doing something wrong doesn’t suddenly excuse the act.

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Alatain@lemmy.world on 27 May 2024 02:02 collapse

This is a bit late for a response, but it has to do with what protections are afforded by what entity. The US has very explicit treaties signed with allied nations. Canada, for instance is a five eye partner and thus has far less to worry about from the US than it does from China.

Additionally, China has an ongoing bad track record with how it treats other nations. Commercial entities within China are far more at the whim of the state government and are required to act in alignment with the CCP instructions.

People treat China differently because China is different. They very much are a different beast when it comes to authoritarian control of its commercial and private entries.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 17 May 2024 19:58 next collapse

Well . . . yeah

Coreidan@lemmy.world on 18 May 2024 02:09 next collapse

Oh no china is going to steal your new fancy dance move!

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 18 May 2024 02:40 collapse

if they want to see how how into books and ttrpgs and hazbin hotel more power to them