mega153 t1_jc249nw wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:18 PM

Reply to comment by landwomble in The UK is banning TikTok on government devices — joining the US, Canada, and the EU — despite a charm offensive dubbed 'Project Clover,' report says by chrisdh79

I think this might be just a reclassification situation. Instead of tiktok being blocked implicitly by not being on the whitelist, it's being explicitly blocked on a blacklist. Afaik, we haven't actually got a report of these devices removing tiktok as opposed to just banning the app. Functionally, nothing changed while headlines are made for clicks.

t0slink t1_jc3qqjg wrote on March 13, 2023 at 8:40 PM

Using a blacklist as opposed to a whitelist is absurd.

Unsurprised that government cybersecurity is complete shit given that no government pays even a fifth of what tech pays for the same security role.

kobbled t1_jc70649 wrote on March 14, 2023 at 2:40 PM

It's largely performative