States all across the country have banned the app in recent months.

New York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days.

The directive issued Wednesday comes after a review by the NYC Cyber Command, which a city official said found that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” Starting immediately, city employees are barred from downloading or using the app and accessing TikTok’s website from any city-owned devices.

  • Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee
    8·
    1 year ago

    I don’t use TikTok, and there are a ton of reasons to be concerned about sending massive amounts of data to corporations, especially when they’re state associated, but a very large amount of apps scan your clipboard.

    Have you ever had an app text you a one time use code, and automatically input it? That app scans your clipboard. Facebook, Instagram, X, all scan your clipboard.

    I see this brought up a lot and it just seems like the wrong argument against TikTok.

    • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      All of those are espionage channels for unaccountable, non-democratic organisations with a history of interfering with democracies and funding coups. All should be considered equally malicious.

    • _wintermute@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Sir, ignorance is always the best argument /s

      At least that’s what I’m shown time and again on the internet…

    • Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de
      23·
      1 year ago

      It doesn’t show any more private than Facebook, Instagram and X. Also you should aware that you are mixing up a legitimate usecase of the clipboard than a more malicious usecase. Tiktok also repeatedly scans the clipboard instead of a one time thing for SMS codes.