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Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

[...] TikTok is operated by Chinese Military directly out of Chinese servers which also store location data, contacts, text message history, and photo library of every device which has ever installed TikTok.

It wouldn't surprise me, but can you point me to a trustworthy source confirming that claim? Also, does the TikTok app refuse to work without those permissions granted (Location, Contacts, SMS, Photos and videos)?

[โ€“] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

But at the very least, why wouldn't the Chinese government do what they think can get away with?