• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Uhh, it’s not hypocrisy.

    The US government demanded access to the US based social media companies to pull whatever sensitive information they wanted. They just don’t want China to have the same access.

    Also, TikTok has been caught abusing exploits to get additional information outside of the permissions granted by users. IIRC, TikTok was caught stealing the MAC address from phones a few years back.

    It’s odd the Steve Wozniak is pretending to be ignorant of the distinction. US government wants Intel, and doesn’t want a rival nation to possess similar Intel. That’s basic intelligence 101.

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      7 months ago

      Not to mention everyone’s ignoring how China bans multiple American internet services so they can force their population to use Chinese replicas of the same thing.

    • Melllvar@startrek.website
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      7 months ago

      The US government demanded access to the US based social media companies to pull whatever sensitive information they wanted. They just don’t want China to have the same access.

      Or Russia, Iran, or North Korea.