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saanity t1_j0cesga wrote

This move makes more sense than the outright banning of TikTok from the public. It makes sense government employees should be protected against Chinese data collection. But we the public should be protected from all unauthorized data collection.

Remove be all social media apps from your phones.

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nicuramar t1_j0doady wrote

You don't feel that's a pretty drastic measure in a free country, to ban an entire category of software, essentially?

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saanity t1_j14ag7w wrote

To me it's kind of like banning smoking. There is only negative health benefits and it's another tool for governments to directly engage in psyops. read this

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