(yes, I also see that it says Chinease)

  • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    TikTok is Chinese spyware. Chrome is American spyware. Anyone in their right mind should stop using both.

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      9 months ago

      sometimes it’s nice to know that someone’s watching over me tho

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        9 months ago

        Is your kink getting watched over the shoulder by a big oily fat guy that sweats and breaths through the mouth? Ah and it tries to convince you the buy useless shit

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    9 months ago

    I hear this all the time. I have this conversation on the regular.

    Them: “Oh you think Tik Tok is spyware?”

    Me: “yes”

    Them: “I’ll have you know so is Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Microsoft, and all the big American companies too”

    Me: “Yeah, that’s why I don’t use them”

    Them: gasp “you’re just paranoid bro are you a drug dealer or something?”

    Me: “no, I just like my privacy. You probably wouldn’t like it if some guy was following you keeping tabs about everything you do either.”

    Them: “well I’ve got nothing to hide”

    Me: “maybe the next person in power might see your current and past beliefs illegal”

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      9 months ago

      Me: “do you close the bathroom door while shitting?”

      Them: “yes”

      Me: “why? You have nothing to hide”

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    9 months ago

    Media platforms are beyond spying. You have nothing to offer.

    It’s all about controlling information and feeding you what you need to see.

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    9 months ago

    Anyone who even compares a for profit corportation to the world’s largest hostile militaristic dictatorship is an idiot. Both bad, but on completely different scales.

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      9 months ago

      US looks very militaristic to me. It has a very broken democracy, and a history of supporting/causing brutal dictatorships.

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        9 months ago

        The control the Chinese gov has over tiktok is on a different scale compared to Google and the US

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          9 months ago

          Just to play devil’s advocate here, how many military bases has China got in other countries, compared to the US?

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        9 months ago

        The USA hasn’t taken territory since 1946.

        The major reason for the USA being so broken is due to deregulation and corporate greed. Which is a little different in nuance to Authoritarian China.

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        9 months ago

        At the very least, Google and Facebook have to step back if caught. Meanwhile, Chinese companies often don’t care about EU privacy laws. Still avoid them altogether, any way.

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    9 months ago

    God when the whole Tiktok thing in Congress was going on nobody wanted to hear that their favorite big tech social media app was already selling information to China; had been caught doing so multiple times; and had never stopped despite promises and threats of prosecution the next time.

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      9 months ago

      WHAT information? What does China gain by learning that Sparky Douchebag watches BBQ and catgirl fapping videos? Are they planning their invasion based on the Heathers Challenge, or simply stealing our makeup tips?