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[–] S_204@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Once they hit TikTok, they're purely Chinese spyware.

[–] markon@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Facebook is just American spyware. The Chinese gov can't exactly send the feds to my house. You better bet the US gov can though!

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Forget countries, if Facebook is like having a prying eye spy on you, TikTok is like having 100 prying eyes spying on you.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

And that's different than American spyware in several important ways, such as...

Such as...

Well shit.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Eh, I used to think this too, but TikTok isn't closely associated with chinese companies, any more than TakeTwo or anything made in Shenzhen.

I still abhor it for what it is though, alongside YTShorts.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What sort of spyware do they employ?

[–] S_204@lemm.ee -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any actual information on the spyware or nah?

[–] S_204@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you actually this ignorant? There have been exposés in multiple international newspapers on the source code after it leaked.

If you're so stupid that you've entirely missed one of the largest spyware scandals in recent history, then I don't think there's a source I can give you that's going to cure your other stupidity.

Trying to jaq off here like you are just makes you look like pathetic.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Could you link to any source that talks about this spyware or are you just going to insult me for not knowing about every single thing that is going on? Clearly this is an important issue for you, so I would love to gain some knowledge from you on this subject.