▲ 2022 ▼ The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China. (citizenlab.ca) submitted 3 years ago by Tazmanian@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 460 comments fedilink hide all child comments Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.
[+] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago No it's not a "warning," it's just boring old whataboutism. The first part of your comment is like a textbook example of the fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm not so sure. The China apologists are in every thread like this and I don't think it's something to dismiss permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) It seems to be a very common fallacy in geopolitics to believe that a rival of the US must automatically be morally better. You see plenty of "left wing" imperialism defenses that blame Ukraine for the invasion and insist they should give up and do whatever Russia wants them to do. It's apparently disappointingly complex for some people to believe that X can oppose Y and both of them can be horrible bastards. They can't take criticism of China or Russia because they automatically see an implicit "America better" that's not really there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, that's fair. I think that it is more common to like a thing (tiktok) and defend it however you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Absolutely, yeah. I'd like to think I'm able to give a more objective take since I got into TikTok late, but I honestly don't know that I do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 years ago* It seems people can't understand this. Am not American so i have an outside view that's free from any patriotic feeling and the spoon fed propaganda since childhood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago No it's not a "warning," it's just boring old whataboutism. The first part of your comment is like a textbook example of the fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm not so sure. The China apologists are in every thread like this and I don't think it's something to dismiss permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) It seems to be a very common fallacy in geopolitics to believe that a rival of the US must automatically be morally better. You see plenty of "left wing" imperialism defenses that blame Ukraine for the invasion and insist they should give up and do whatever Russia wants them to do. It's apparently disappointingly complex for some people to believe that X can oppose Y and both of them can be horrible bastards. They can't take criticism of China or Russia because they automatically see an implicit "America better" that's not really there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, that's fair. I think that it is more common to like a thing (tiktok) and defend it however you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Absolutely, yeah. I'd like to think I'm able to give a more objective take since I got into TikTok late, but I honestly don't know that I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) It seems to be a very common fallacy in geopolitics to believe that a rival of the US must automatically be morally better. You see plenty of "left wing" imperialism defenses that blame Ukraine for the invasion and insist they should give up and do whatever Russia wants them to do. It's apparently disappointingly complex for some people to believe that X can oppose Y and both of them can be horrible bastards. They can't take criticism of China or Russia because they automatically see an implicit "America better" that's not really there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, that's fair. I think that it is more common to like a thing (tiktok) and defend it however you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Absolutely, yeah. I'd like to think I'm able to give a more objective take since I got into TikTok late, but I honestly don't know that I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, that's fair. I think that it is more common to like a thing (tiktok) and defend it however you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Absolutely, yeah. I'd like to think I'm able to give a more objective take since I got into TikTok late, but I honestly don't know that I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Absolutely, yeah. I'd like to think I'm able to give a more objective take since I got into TikTok late, but I honestly don't know that I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 years ago* It seems people can't understand this. Am not American so i have an outside view that's free from any patriotic feeling and the spoon fed propaganda since childhood. permalink fedilink source parent