The announcement is going to made today. Chinese app TikTok to be banned on UK government phones – BBC News This follows several weeks of intense international backlash against the Chinese social media company TikTok over the access and control the Chinese Government may be exerting over it. It is …
TikTok privacy issues – it looks like ordinary users do not really care about the outcry
In an article on the BBC Technology News site, it seems that the ordinary user of TikTok is not that concerned with the international outcry and banning of the official use of TikTok. They just want to share and watch videos – which is what the platform was originally designed …
Your privacy is important
The UK Government wants to legislate against end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) for online communications – so law enforcement can monitor your and criminals’ online communications. I have written about this a lot – as I think the privacy of law abiding citizens is important and law enforcement should use the current laws, …
YouTube accused of collecting information on under 13 year olds
This issued can arise because under aged users – YouTube states its video service is not intended for anyone under 13 – can view child content on family devices logged into an adult account: YouTube accused of collecting UK children’s data – BBC News A complaint has been made to …
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TikTok the story cyber security continues
Following the calls around the world for TikTok to be banned from governmental offices and official organisations (see yesterday), Joe Tidy, the Cyber Correspondent at the BBC has the TikTok response to the accusations that the service is not secure as the Chinese Government can get access to anything. TikTok …
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