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TikTok executive admits Australian users’ data accessed by employees in China (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I agree it's 6 versus a half dozen

But the layer of obscurity at least gives the illusion they aren't supposed to abuse it so much, which helps massively during breaches or trying to get your data or have it deleted.

I doubt any of that is even possible in china (i have no citation for this)