[elliebike]

It's no different to most other social networks that commit mass abuse of user data and track everyone, everywhere.

Being a US-based company doesn't make this any better, just look at Facebook.

The only people who worry are people on HN. Most other people aren't aware of what's going on, or just don't care.

[ipaddr]

And the state department.

Letting that on your phone is allowing your contacts, photos and text messages to be read.

Same goes with facebook. But facebook will try to profit off of your data. Tiktok data goes to China. I don't know what they are doing with it..

[simiones]

> But facebook will try to profit off of your data. Tiktok data goes to China. I don't know what they are doing with it..

FB data also goes to the US government. I don't know what they are doing with it..

[blitzar]

The US want to take all my money and put me in jail. I like my freedom.

China want to blackmail me to do their bidding. I dont actually have much shame, so probably wont work so good.

There are days where I think the lesser of two evils when it comes to invading my privacy might be the regime whos jurisdiction I am not, and likely never will be present in.

[ipaddr]

The US government is monitoring traffic at all major points including undersea cables. The US reasons are complex ranging from terrorism to cyberwar faire to unknown reasons.

One reason China does it to monitor and control their own people. Speaking out against China in the west will often put family in China at risk and any business interests. Monitoring journalist, tracking western movement, cyberwar faire, are all reasons.

[Karunamon]

Not if you don't give itemizing l permission for it to access those things (and it works fine without)

Where does it read text messages?

[MathCodeLove]

Being a US company specifically doesn't make it better, but being a Chinese company absolutely makes it worse.

I wouldn't be nearly as worried if Tiktok were owned by Italy or Germany or France. But China, with it'a ongoing genocide of Muslims and totalitarian oppression, yeah that is worse than Netflix selling your data to advertisers.