VR6SLC t1_j0an7kd wrote
Government devices shouldn't be able to access social media. If the employees want to check how many up-doots they have, then they should do ot on their own time.
[deleted] t1_j0bc6tw wrote
Seriously, doest every employer already ban this stuff?
BrothaTruck t1_j0bip1h wrote
Just give everyone old Nokia phones, they are way cheaper also
8-bit-Felix t1_j0bkj2q wrote
Unfortunately, most old phones don't work anymore because telecoms have phased out 2G and 3G.
You can't even get a "dumb phone" that doesn't have wifi anymore.
CptnAwesomeSaus t1_j0bvq8d wrote
8-bit-Felix t1_j0bxu18 wrote
It has a Wi-Fi chip.
CptnAwesomeSaus t1_j0c17ee wrote
Yeah but only for wi-fi calling, it doesn't access the internet in a modern sense.
8-bit-Felix t1_j0c48yj wrote
No, the phone is capable of internet browsing as well.https://kazuna.co.jp/verizon_etalk/assets/spec.pdf page 11.
The OS is also some flavor of ASOP which opens itself for all sorts of security issues.
(edited for additional information)
CptnAwesomeSaus t1_j0dzy2v wrote
Oh well fuck, my b.
Significant-Sail346 t1_j0f4qd0 wrote
Yep. Even the dump phones are running android.
AadamAtomic t1_j0cfdn4 wrote
The title is misleading.
You can't have tiktok on your personal phone, and walk around inside the US pentagon every day Mapping it out with GPS thats sent to China.
It could give away troops positions or base locations.
Government employees can't have it on their personal devices.
tommles t1_j0ectre wrote
>The title is misleading.
Is this the bill titled “No TikTok on Government Devices Act,” introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley?
>Government employees can't have it on their personal devices.
Sounds like a future lawsuit.
nicuramar t1_j0dnct8 wrote
> You can't have tiktok on your personal phone, and walk around inside the US pentagon every day Mapping it out with GPS thats sent to China.
It puzzles me a bit when people think that the TikTok app (and other apps) would be able to do anything remotely like this :p. It certainly can't, especially not when not active.
> It could give away troops positions or base locations.
So, that's more likely (since people might use the app now and then), but it seems like bases would be much easier to detect with regular satellite intel.
That said, I agree that apps in general should be restricted in such situations.
cropguru357 t1_j0bvn8m wrote
No kidding. I don’t know how this was allowed the first place.
DeusHocVult t1_j0bx6en wrote
Most government organizations have this policy in place at a local level. However there are exceptions such as social media managers and data analytics.
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