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Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security (variety.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Odusei@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

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[–] chaircat@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Data is one of those things that you don’t know how it’s going to be used against you until it is. If somebody is going to have that data, I’d rather my own government have that data vs a foreign government… Harming one’s own citizens isn’t a great strategy to get your way, but harming another’s citizens is quite effective.

I don't know what government actions you've been watching, if all of modern history is a guide, it's a lot easier to make a profit by harming your own citizens rather than harming another country's citizens.

From where I've been sitting, the normal pattern is a country's rich and powerful exploit the commoners of their own country for profit and power. It's much harder to gain from exploiting another country's citizens, i.e. you can't directly tax them, you can't take away their things, you can't sell their rights to your powerful friends, etc.

[–] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

So borderline free Chinese labor hasn't enriched US corporations? The waters for cheap oil and sugar -- those ended really well for the country on the receiving end right? What about the British spice trade and India?

Sure you can collect power within a nation and become a sort of "god within" that nation, but that's nothing compared to nation vs nation conflict. Some of these people don't even have clean running water.