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Chinese Communist party accessed TikTok data of Hong Kong protesters, former executive alleges (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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Yintao Yu, a former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance in the US, claimed in a legal filing that a committee of Communist party members accessed TikTok data that included the users’ network information, Sim card identifications and IP addresses in a bid to identify the individuals and their locations. Yu also alleged in the filing that Beijing-based ByteDance maintained a “backdoor channel” for the party to access US user data.

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[–] OofShoot@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

What? Nooooo. Not my Chinese Communist Party! Say it isn't so!

[–] Essential7220@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is sad that (i) we are not surprised at all, and (ii) the whistleblowing changes nothing for the people on Hong Kong.

[–] jeena@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whistle blowing is necessary but not sufficient to bring change.

[–] manifex@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Money or violence are the options for that.

[–] GhostMagician@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I would be shocked if social media from ________ country wasn't accessing data from all the users that use the social media platform.

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Y'all, always use a good vpn for both data and wifi when protesting. Don't use hotspots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/m736zt/vpn_comparison_table/

[–] alehel@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is a VPN going to help at all when the app sends their simID?

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Don't know, but additional precautions can be taken. i.e.: temporarily disable the app

[–] balerion@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Or better yet, just don't bring your phone.