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You do realize that your statements now seem less credible than if you had left that picture out, right?

On the bright side: If you're tech-savy enough to form that opinion, you're probably not the intended audience for this advice.

Nah, I don't use tiktok, Chinese or otherwise so I wouldn't know the difference. But you're missing the point.

• USA organisations abuse social media to spy on and influence citizens.
• Chinese organisations abuse social media to spy on and influence citizens.

And yet, you claim one is inheritly worse than the other or should be preferered. To me, they are equally bad. If anything, the USA manipulation is worse - they can use that knowledge more easily and to greater effect than an attacker on the other side of the world.

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but is well worth the effort in the end.

That's easily said when you don't have to supply the effort or pay the hosting bill.

Why would it matter whether or not it's intentional, if the end effect is the same?

Good luck going against the circlejerk. People hate anything touched by He-who-should-not-be-named.

Thank you.

a place whos literal interest is to cause chaos, misinformation and deceit at every possible chance

Just a thought... What are the odds of you being victim of propaganda or misinformation?

(Citation needed)

Good luck banning software though. The technology already exists, the cat's out of the bag.

Ex-NASA scientist, and the article goes on to claim that gigahertz frequencies (you know, WiFi, 4g, etc) may cause health risks.

I know the musk circlejerk is pretty big around here, but come on.

deally they'd pass comprehensive privacy protection laws to setup standards that both domestic and foreign companies would be subject to.

No, no, no. That would mean dismantling PRISM and the FISA. Gathering data on citizens is only bad when China does it.

If it was about protecting citizens interests, PRISM would have been declared illegal and disbanded, not hushed and expanded.

I wish we would, but on the other hand, not being a totalitarian regime is kind of the reason why it's better here. Damned if you you, damned if you don't.

Other people have already addressed the main issue here, so I think you're sorted there.

But yeah, I consider "bricked" a permanent condition - something broken beyond repair, so it's as useful as a brick. See also "paperweight".

What do you think it means? Temporarily unavailable?

Actually, you're right.

If we consider this normal, it would totally be acceptable for Europe to demand a ban or sale of American spying and propaganda tools social media and streaming platforms. Either way, it would reduce the harm they could do - and in the case of a sale, they'd actually have to adhere to consumer friendly laws.

Yeah, that's what the headline says. In the article it states that it worked again after a service request and a (redidulously long) reboot.

So did this one, but if you include irrelevant details like that, the headline wouldn't get as many clicks.

Why lump the two groups together?

Because it's very hard to make a "think of the children" argument out of this without doing so.