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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (8 children)

TikTok doesn't want the data of the average person becaue they aren't valuable in any way.

TikTok is being blocked because they can manipulate their algorithm to feed influencers to them that push pro-Chinese stances.

Imagine a hypothetical hot war between the US and China where China is telling a significant number of the US population what to think. I specifically say it that way becaue I don't believe any US company has a significant user base is China.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It could be that sorta thing, but I think it was the same aim as the "salt typhoon" attack on U.S telecomms corpos.

A majority of the vulnerabilities and data dumps are, yes, worthless, but somewhere there's dumb U.S officials or people with clearances doom-scrolling TikTok , and their data or meta-data is giving valuable insight into how they can be manipulated, blackmailed, who they're connected to, whatever.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I do find it kinda funny that that the US gov. Was using "CCP propaganda" as an excuse to ban a platform of expression, and now many of those users have begun using an app that actually has a history of defending the CCP

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

" . . . giving Rednote access to their data as a show of protest . . ."

That's a special kind of stupid.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Seems astroturfed to me

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Personally I just like the fuck you energy behind it all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

idk, pixelfed is doing great.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Where were people's protests & complaints when the US government were first proposing the ban?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (16 children)
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