(yes, I also see that it says Chinease)
TikTok is Chinese spyware. Chrome is American spyware. Anyone in their right mind should stop using both.
sometimes it’s nice to know that someone’s watching over me tho
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
Sort of… how did you know??
Do you think it’s safe to upvote this?
Your social credit score went into the red as soon as you saw that picture, it doesn’t matter anymore, it’s already too late for you
They’ll be knocking on your door any minute now
and I have no privacy (oh ohoh)
Meanwhile, my employer forces me to use Chrome or Edge. Ugh.
Tell them you can’t as your active X scripts only run under IE6.
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”
Me: “do you close the bathroom door while shitting?”
Them: “yes”
Me: “why? You have nothing to hide”
You lock your doors when wanking?
I always lock my car doors when wanking
“But at least is LOCAL spyware 😎”
Which honestly to me seems worse right I mean its potentially going to someone who is much closer to you geographically (not always of course).
Google using your perceived preferences to sell you underwear and yogurt is not worse than being tracked by the world’s largest hostile militaristic dictatorship.
Well say you googled a lot about abortions in a state that will put you in prison for it. Then it becomes a different situation. Or say you grow mushrooms to treat cluster headaches and the DEA now probably knows about it because that buy the data from all of these companies and can see the many searches you made about it the credit card you used to purchase supplies etc. I feel like China will probably just try to steal your crypto or something
Searching for information about abortion isn’t a crime anywhere afaik, at least not an enforceable one. Google and the state governments are separate entities, and to be used in the US Justice System against you they would need to provide the source for their evidence, which would make really bad publicity for Google which does in fact harm their profits. So the State would have to make a pretty damn good offer to accomplish that. Doubly so for wannabe authoritarian admins like DeSantis, since those are exactly the type of people to turn around and try to restrict the company’s rights and freedoms.
Pretty much the same for the Mushrooms, although self-medicating with full dose mushrooms seems a little over the top to begin with, but I can’t blame the victim in a system where opiates are handed out readily by doctors.
Crypto would probably be harder for China to take than bank funds, but if they did steal a bit from hundreds of millions of Americans then the total loss would be catastrophic for many lives. The USA has no way to fight back in that scenario because while China does utilize American tech brands and products, those companies are not a direct arm of the military the same way that TikTok is for China.
Remember, when American corporations harvest your private data, that is a good thing.
When foreign countries, that’s bad.
This post was brought to you by your friendly Google. Where we will sell your data to any one and every one because we love money.
Edit: Words are important
Foreign spyware is stealing jobs from hardworking American spyware.
This should be a campaign line for 2024
Anyone using Firefox is a W to me.
W?
W = win
L = lossW = watt
L = litre
I use LibreWolf (and don’t use Tik Tok)
You’re not getting it. TikTok is crude, targeting anything that comes in its way, like a shotgun.
Google is like a sniper rifle, that is also a shotgun.
Now, which would you prefer, the shotgun, or the sniper rifle that is also a shotgun.
Nukes because then I get vaporized instantly. 😎
If I get to choose it goes:
- Meteor strike
- Nuclear detonation
- Grenade
Peacefully in my sleep, at the ripe age of 100, with two girls in my bed
That’s America spyware. I have standards. /s
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I only use true blue American spyware
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.
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?
Search the company Tencent.
Then look at how many shares they have on companies around the world.
And then think about it. What power does Google have? What power probably Tencent has.
Look into the research that has proven that the app has backdoors baked in, and combine that with how widespread it is - reaching every level of society; every industry, politician, branch and level of the military. Now remember that research into the Spyware activities of the app.
TikTok is the largest, most successful self-inflicted virus for SigInt ever. [citation needed]
That doesnt answer my question. What information?
Look, it’s not what bs viral video the algorithm is feeding these people. It’s the spyware it’s putting on the phones. It has been proven that the app harvests all the data it can find and phones it home. Backdoor root-level access has also been proven. If you can’t figure out why that would be bad, you probably have problems pouring water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
I dont know why nobody seems to be able to answer this simple question:
WHAT DATA?!!
Android phones looking nervously around.
At least u can put custom firmware on android phones, try to get rid of Apple spyware is much harder.
You cannot put custom firmware. If spyware is hidden in drivers, bootloader or even firmware of the modem there is nothing we can do about it. Custom ROMs are just replacing things above the kernel and below apps.
Still of course things average non CIA person should not worry about. Google apps with high privileges are removed with custom ROMs.
well at this point just get a pinphone64 with linux a d hardware switches
Might as well. I will never be satisfied with custom ROMs. I need straight up linux on my phone and none of that android crap.
*Laughs in GrapheneOS*
My brother in Christ I use Firefox
Remember to use also a privacy respecting search engine like searx or at least duckduckgo
Media platforms are beyond spying. You have nothing to offer.
It’s all about controlling information and feeding you what you need to see.
What you want to see
I honestly doubt that you have full control over that
Sure I do, I can change channels
