TikTok banned by the House

[Anonymous]

This move follows the ban by .mil and most of the rest of .gov


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

There is clearly a major risk to using this / having it on your device.

Why does anyone still use it at all ? Don't they understand??

[Anonymous]

What’s the risk to me as an individual?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

[Anonymous]

It’s been banned on Senate devices for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This move follows the ban by .mil and most of the rest of .gov


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

There is clearly a major risk to using this / having it on your device.

Why does anyone still use it at all ? Don't they understand??

No, they/we don’t. We no longer have ubiquitous access to reasonably unbiased, reasonably trustworthy news.

Question: I don’t have the app. What are the risks associated with inadvertently watching a video linked on another site — or sent via text?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

You shouldn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This move follows the ban by .mil and most of the rest of .gov


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

There is clearly a major risk to using this / having it on your device.

Why does anyone still use it at all ? Don't they understand??

No, they/we don’t. We no longer have ubiquitous access to reasonably unbiased, reasonably trustworthy news.

Question: I don’t have the app. What are the risks associated with inadvertently watching a video linked on another site — or sent via text?

Malware risk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

You shouldn’t.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

You shouldn’t.

Why not, has there ever been evidence that apple's sandboxing doesn't work? TikTok, isn't pegasus, it's an app available on the app store whose code has been vetted by apple

[Anonymous]

I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

You aren't being infringed on as there are plenty of other, more trustworthy platforms and apps to use. Use those instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

This is just on official devices. A congressman can use tik tok on their own phones