falsy-tautology t1_j1ah9vt wrote on December 22, 2022 at 9:27 PM

This completely undermines their claim that they would never abuse or exploit user data. Given that ByteDance is headquartered in China, and that the Chinese government has a habit of regularly engaging in harassment, intimidation, and disinformation in other countries, it's pretty clear that TikTok presents a massive security risk.

nicuramar t1_j1d1w5w wrote on December 23, 2022 at 11:57 AM

> This completely undermines their claim that they would never abuse or exploit user data.

Sort of? But they allege that some employees improperly accessed this data. There is no way to completely prevent that in any company. Some people always need such access, in order to do their jobs.