The same thinking should be applied to the OEM and carrier crapware that gets pre-loaded onto phones as well. I don't know of any business which allows individual users to install whatever they want on government owned PCs, so why should phones be any different? The same rules should be applied to any business which handles matters which have security implications. There are so many apps in existence that blacklisting is an exercise in futility.ĭon't allow anything on government devices which has not gone through a security review and whose data is hosted outside of one's own country. This data is then sold to data brokers around the world with few or no controls over what is done with the data or who it is sold on to. Lots of apps rely on third party libraries which have data collection features built into them, it's part of their business model. Putting out a blacklist is pointless, as anyone with any knowledge of the subject would know. If there are genuine security concerns then the only apps which should be present on government owned devices are those which have gone through an official security review and been approved as valid and necessary for the device user to perform his or her job.Īnd for the 95 per cent of the world who aren't the US, Facebook, Twitter, and the like are equally as problematic as TikTok and for the same reasons. Re: "Nations are one by one banning it from government-owned devices" People running open source projects may have to seriously think about moving their projects outside of US influence. The bit covering "open source software" is particularly troublesome. Singling out TikTok in particular is nothing but a red herring meant to divert attention form what is actually going on. In other words, it covers pretty much everything in the "tech" business. Anything related to AI, quantum cryptography or computing, "biotechnology", "autonomous systems", "e-commerce technology" (including on-line retail, internet enabled logistics, etc.).Desktop applications, mobile applications, games, payment systems, "web-based applications" (whatever those are interpreted to mean).Modems, home networking kit, Internet or network enabled sensors, web cams, etc.The following is a direct quote: "machine learning, predictive analytics, and data science products and services, including those involving the provision of services to assist a party utilize, manage, or maintain open-source software ".Internet hosting services, cloud-based services, managed services, content delivery networks.Any software, hardware, or other product which connects to any LAN, WAN, or any other network.The VPN industry are apparently particularity worried. What it is is a law to allow the US president to arbitrarily ban pretty much anything involved in communications if he doesn't happen to like it. I've just skimmed over the actual proposed legislation, and TikTok isn't even mentioned.
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