About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.

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    Facebook has been giving data to the CCP for over a decade. If that’s the big bad, then that’s it. It doesn’t matter who owns the company. If you want to talk about battlefield shaping I can speak to that. I was in the military. When comes down to it I don’t care how the minefield got breached. It’s breached and there’s a hole that can be exploited. I don’t care if company A did it or company B.

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      There’s giving data through API, and then there’s complete access to everything your device sees. It’s the difference between taking a trench and allowing your enemy to build a complete logistical hub behind your lines. It’s an order of magnitude worse.

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        Have you looked at the permissions Meta requires to run an app on your phone these days?

        There is no difference. They’re taking everything.

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            Neither is TikTok. Both of them are companies giving data to China. Why are you so invested in defending Meta?

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              I’m not defending Meta. The level of access is an order of magnitude greater for China with TikTok. It’s not even comparable.