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by dspillett 1216 days ago
> I always have gmail open in a tab on my work laptop, is that also not acceptable?

Depends on your industry and other security-paranoia factors. Here gmail is blocked as a potential data exfiltration risk.

In any case: key differences between gmail on a tab and an app like tiktok¹ on your phone include: your tab is far less likely to have access to your global contacts information or to other things stored on your device, isn't tracking your location and reporting it back along with your contacts list and potentially what-ever else it can read, etc.

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[1] tiktok is far from the only risk here, just by far the most prominent one ATM