TikTok has been in the news lately as governments and organisations around the world ban the app from official devices over security concerns and TikTok sharing information with the Chinese Government. Is TikTok a security risk? – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber security risks of TikTok are complex, but organisations …
Is TikTok a security risk?
TikTok is still in the news – the fact that TikTok’s owners, ByteDance, are a Chinese based company subject to the Chinese laws that gives the government far reaching rights to access any company’s data is the issue. Here is the BBC’s take on the story: TikTok: Why do countries …
TikTok ban on all UK Government devices
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 …
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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Rishi Sunak and TikTok
TikTok is a Chinese company and concerns over the influence and access the Chinese government has to the information held by Chinese companies has led to official requests for the Prime Minister to ban the use of TikTok within government. Rishi Sunak faces calls to ban TikTok use by government …
TikTok banned from US Government managed phones
Due to security concerns with the Chinese owned app, the United States Government has banned it from any device it manages: US House boots TikTok from government phones • The Register
