About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.

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      1 year ago

      TikTok does not grant information dominance unless our government is dumb enough to pull a Russia and allow deployed soldiers in combat zones to post on TikTok, which I sincerely doubt.

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          If it applies to troop movements, our military failed at basic infosec. If it applies to civilian movements outside of wartime, it’s useless information, since the US is very easy to map logistically.

          All of this has been done, you’re right - in like 1812.

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              1 year ago

              I’m quite aware of how warfare has changed, as is clearly evident from my posting so far.

              You’ve yet to articulate an actual threat TikTok’s data harvesting has on the civilian populace. We agree about military/government security protocols.

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                  You’re retreading ground weve covered but keep mentioning an “information model” bogeyman that you have not yet clarified as a threat.

                  Our difference of opinion is due to me not seeing that as a credible threat. Can you address that specifically?