Comment on College Kids Are Easily Bypassing Stupid University TikTok Bans
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year agoThere is genuine security concerns, notably from most major cybersecurity experts. It was an overreaction, but it definitely was founded in reality.
geosoco@kbin.social 1 year ago
Was it? Which specific security concerns would this have addressed?
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
cisecurity.org/…/why-tiktok-is-the-latest-securit…
dot.la/what-data-does-tiktok-collect-2657689460.h…
It’s not too hard to find that they collect a ridiculous amount of data, even over the network.
geosoco@kbin.social 1 year ago
Neither of those are about network security, but are about the ability to collect data on individuals or to influence campaigns.
THe bans on university networks do not stop any of that, as this article points out.
Additionally, the app can still collect data on the university networks. It just has to wait to send it until they connect to a different network (eg. cellular)