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US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says (lite.cnn.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Uninstall TikTok. It's spyware anyways.

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So is Facebook and Instagram

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Uninstall them too

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Abd while you're at it, reddit, twitter, any any other SM service I missed.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not grindr!

[–] hello_cruel_world@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, them too!

It all needs to go.

[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When is there a dating/networking app coming to f-droid?

[–] shonkyshonky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

OpenRelationship coming soon to F-Droid

[–] revolutionaryvole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is at least one already actually, it's called Alovoa.

I don't think it's federated however, that would be nice to see.

[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Federation while maintaining any semblance of privacy would be nearly impossible.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 28 points 1 week ago

Always has been.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any tips on how do I get my parents banned from WeChat? Too much cringe media and blasting wechat short videos on loudspeaker.

Should I just change their profile pic to the ROC flag for the lulz? We live in the US btw.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not entirely sure, I've never had to decouple someone from social media. My relatives are hopelessly addicted to Facebook.

A suggestion would be to try to gently persuade them of the harms of WeChat, but not to be too pushy about it, could cause them to push back or use it on secret. If they care about their privacy, perhaps taking that route would be beneficial. Having some articles on hand that affirm your argument can help too.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How do I even pushback? Its like the iMessages/Whatsapp of the Chinese Diaspora.

Feels like a lost cause... 🤷‍♂️

They even gave microphone permissions for voice messages (because typing is hard apparantly, maybe because its not 26 letters... idk).

What is better than government spying on you? TWO governments spying on you (China (via Wechat) and USA (via Google)).