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5. The data (audio/video) stored on your device is accessed if you upload it.

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 19, 2025, 10:24 AM

Jan 2025

Access to your camera, microphone, and contact lists is a greater concern.

So, as a prerequisite to even use the app, you would have to grant the Chinese government access to your data.

Not according to the terms of service, but that is not what the argument is about.

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'TikTok users posting cat videos do not threaten UK national security, minister says' [View all] speak easy Jan 2025 OP

No one ever claimed the TikTok USERS posting cat videos threatened national security. W_HAMILTON Jan 2025 #1

"why TikTok was banned from UK government devices years ago"" speak easy Jan 2025 #2

It was banned because of the permissions required by the app. W_HAMILTON Jan 2025 #3

The data (audio/video) stored on your device is accessed if you upload it. speak easy Jan 2025 #5

You are trusting the terms of service agreement vs what users have tested to see what information the app accesses? W_HAMILTON Jan 2025 #9

The argument, as I understand it, speak easy Jan 2025 #10

The app needs those permissions to upload pictures and video Renew Deal Jan 2025 #6

It does not need all this information to allow someone to post cat videos: W_HAMILTON Jan 2025 #7

Just give it time newdeal2 Jan 2025 #4

Our govenment doesn't want the competition when sowing the seeds of discord vanessa_ca Jan 2025 #8