Chinese Communist party accessed TikTok data of Hong Kong protesters, former executive alleges
Chinese Communist party accessed TikTok data of Hong Kong protesters, former executive alleges
Ruling party accessed user data including Sim card ID and IP addresses, former executive alleges in legal filing
Yintao Yu, a former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance in the US, claimed in a legal filing that a committee of Communist party members accessed TikTok data that included the users’ network information, Sim card identifications and IP addresses in a bid to identify the individuals and their locations. Yu also alleged in the filing that Beijing-based ByteDance maintained a “backdoor channel” for the party to access US user data.
What? Nooooo. Not my Chinese Communist Party! Say it isn't so!
I would be shocked if social media from ________ country wasn't accessing data from all the users that use the social media platform.
It is sad that (i) we are not surprised at all, and (ii) the whistleblowing changes nothing for the people on Hong Kong.
Whistle blowing is necessary but not sufficient to bring change.
Money or violence are the options for that.
Y'all, always use a good vpn for both data and wifi when protesting. Don't use hotspots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/m736zt/vpn_comparison_table/Is a VPN going to help at all when the app sends their simID?
Don't know, but additional precautions can be taken. i.e.: temporarily disable the app
Or better yet, just don't bring your phone.