FOSS projects must not discriminate the use of the project. Meaning no matter you host it for internal use, or resell the project as a service, they shall be treated the same with the same rights.
I would say depends. For company owned cars thats justified as it should purely meant for business trip only. For duel use vehicle, that there should absolutely have switch to turn it on or off.
I feel something is off. I understand that it is an act of vandalism, but those providers are asking for a special treatment for their equipment with higher penalties. Isn't better to just raise the current penalty? Or a new law target not just fibers but "critical infrastructures" which needs to satisfy a set of requirements or criteria?
the US is increasingly losing the cyber security war because people can’t do simple things like not plug random usb’s they found on the side of the road into their work computers
I'm not surprised at this when Americans refuse to ware a simple medical mask during COVID.
China can be an enemy of the US, but that doesn't mean all US citizens view China as enemy. You can find a tons of creators on YouTube defending China's way to do things and be friend with which I found disgusting.
I would also believe US also does pre-plan malware to key infrastructures including power, communications, and health care in other potential adversaries, not limited to China. To them is also a matter of national security. It is just simply a cat and mouse game. For randomware though, I didn't heard much a Chinese group doing it, but more by Russia and North Korea.
The keyword here is "uncomfortable", but I highly doubt should this translate to a law. If one can make laws because feeling "uncomfortable" without concrete evidences, that US will become more authoritarian than its commitment on fairness and freedom.
Before banning TikTok, we need to assess what threat it poses, not because others say so. The majority of threats people claim of TikTok is "it is a spyware because Chinese government can view data when they wants", and "it can effect elections". For the first one, a federal level privacy and data collection bill is far more appropriate. This is long due already, and don't do GDPR's where companies can self claim compliant but requires an accredited independent auditor. Second one is more tricky. The root cause can be think as its algorithm being too effective. Maybe a rating system for algorithm like for game would work?
Again, law should be applied equally and without discrimination based on ideological differences or political preferences. Even it looks to be "national security", it must be assessed thoroughly with concrete evidences, rather some hypothetical claims.
Because the Chinese government has inordinate control over Chinese companies and is not a friendly government.
Friendly or not is subjective. I dislike it doesn't means others are the same, nor I should force them to believe so.
They routinely use technology to control their own population and
In US, instead of the government, companies use technology to influence/control their own users. Personalized adverts is one. Also other recommendation algorithms. Yes the scale and motives is different but is one better then the other? I don't think so.
work closely with hackers in their country that attack US businesses and consumers.
The United States does have its cyber arm that conducts offensive operations, such as the Equation Group. Any country that does not have its own hacking team would be seriously remiss.
There absolutely should be serious legislation on data gathering and how large platforms manipulate public perception with their algorithms,
I totally agree but should be applied universally
but TikTok is a national security threat at a level the others are not explicitly because the Chinese government has control over it.
I can agree that it is a matter of national security if it can affect elections "greatly", not because of other government have controls. However, the determination of "greatly" is hard to quantify. And even if quantifiable, it is not unique to TikTok as there are many platforms can influence elections, present and in the future. Are we going to ban every single platform that can affect elections "greatly"? This is a slippery slop opening for abuse.
All in all, I still hardly justify a bill just to target TikTok or other platforms that is controlled by a "foreign adversary". Law should treat every entity equal and without discrimination, based on some ideological differences or political preferences.
It not uncommon to see misinformatuon to fabricated information appears on many SNS platforms including Facebook and Twitter. It is not unheard of Russia use social media to influence election too via popular platform that is US based. All SNS are subject to the same problem, but only TikTok have more active users thus more far reaching, but again this is a content moderation problem, not the inherent fault of TikTok itself. Whom should perform content moderation is a business decision. It should not be dictated by law, though they can make moderation standards that companies needs to comply. I think this is a bit unfair to just targeting TikTok only, and should be universal.
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political content you’re exposed to selected by an algorithm that is opaque and constantly changing
Isn't TikTok opened access to its algorithm for reviewing?
Actually it is not solely a content moderation problem. While some dumb and physically harmful content should be subject to moderation, speeches should be protected. Isn't American all about the word "Freedom"? It should be free to speak what they believe, right?
However, the recommendation algorithms might need some regulations that categorize content and have relevant display policies. For example, political content, user generated and advertisement, should be distributed equally for all views (i.e. a user will see content for all candidates for roughly same amount of time). The "addictive" thing shouldn't be regulated as that the point of the algorithm: maximize user engagement. However, there could be a rating system similar to game ratings that affect who at what age can use which platform. Otherwise, it should be free for one to addict to something, as long as it doesn't cause a physical harm to himself and others.
I also had a brief read on the bill you linked and some relavent articles. The bill only cite "national security" yet doesn't explain what "national security" it causes.
The Bloomberg article states a few reasons, but none satisfied me to justify a ban. For example, reason 1 points out that the algoritm of generating feed is advanced and intoxicating. So they should be punished for a well written and effective algorithms?
Yes, there are and were dumb to harmful contents found on TikTok. However, I think it should be a content moderation issue, not a national security issue. I heard people can find CSAM on Twitter and Discord, harmful and damaging it's, should it get banned too due to "national security" concerns? It just have a smell of unfair.
Just my two cents.
Disclosure: I don't use Facebook, Intagram, Twitter, nor TikTok. I do have a Discord account.
First is the organizing feature. It doesn't let me to have sub folders which I need to categorize items.
Second is the TAN management to store my MFA backup codes. A feature the original Keepass have but KeepassXC doesn't. You can use notes to mimic but it doesn't auto expire after use, i.e. more manual work.
If you can, just give up the number and starts new. It's way easier and cleaner