AadamAtomic t1_j0cfdn4 wrote
Reply to comment by VR6SLC in Senate votes to ban TikTok on US government-owned devices | Bill comes after several states barred employees from downloading the app on state-owned gadgets over data concerns by AsslessBaboon
The title is misleading.
You can't have tiktok on your personal phone, and walk around inside the US pentagon every day Mapping it out with GPS thats sent to China.
It could give away troops positions or base locations.
Government employees can't have it on their personal devices.
tommles t1_j0ectre wrote
>The title is misleading.
Is this the bill titled “No TikTok on Government Devices Act,” introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley?
>Government employees can't have it on their personal devices.
Sounds like a future lawsuit.
nicuramar t1_j0dnct8 wrote
> You can't have tiktok on your personal phone, and walk around inside the US pentagon every day Mapping it out with GPS thats sent to China.
It puzzles me a bit when people think that the TikTok app (and other apps) would be able to do anything remotely like this :p. It certainly can't, especially not when not active.
> It could give away troops positions or base locations.
So, that's more likely (since people might use the app now and then), but it seems like bases would be much easier to detect with regular satellite intel.
That said, I agree that apps in general should be restricted in such situations.
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