[Abhinav2000]

I would have thought governments would be more worried about China spying on everyone and the insane data collection from TikTok (yes it might have an American operator in the US, but I can imagine they found a way to still siphon all that data to the mainland)...its a pretty big security risk if one thinks about it

[imbnwa]

Just curious, but what about TikTok's data collection is at all distinct from what Facebook/Google collects? Wasn't it just on the front page that Google keeps a history of your purchase receipts in your Gmail account even when you've deleted them? This article[0], while debunking the "Facebook is listening through your microphone" myth, presented research that at least ~9000 apps were screenshoting your in-app activity, possibly recording video, and sending it to either a third-party or themselves.

Or is it just that TikTok is a Chinese company?

[0]https://newatlas.com/computers/facebook-not-secretly-listeni...

[dougmwne]

Their algorithm is definitely capable of determing gender and sexual orientation just from your pattern of swipes, and I imagine many other things that could be potentially sensitive. I imagine China could have a shadow social credit profile on every active user, figure out who is most susceptible to blackmail or targeted phishing for state sponsored hacking. Of course this is a massive national security risk.

[jcun4128]

Would be interesting the math behind processing all of that data to get some useful metadata out of it.

[distribot]

I don't understand the big risk. They build a profile about the kind of short form videos you interact with. It's pretty limited.

[ipaddr]

Your friends.. mines your phone for data.

[spoonjim]

Have you read about the Cambridge Analytica scandal?

[dzhiurgis]

Yea, it’s so overblown