Well, if you look at that argument from the US government perspective, a US company vs a China one certainly warrants a different approach. I mean, I wish we had broader social media level data protections, but that’s not what this is no matter what spin is being applied.

Only case would be if you work in government, but even then, it'd only be a problem if you're using an unsecured device that also has Tiktok on it to do secret government stuff on, which would probably get you super-fired and possibly prosecuted in itself..

Ah the good old days, where here in Blitey that would have been the case.

These days that kind of thing gets you promoted to Minister for Digital Communications or even just Prime Minister.

I kid you not.

"It also emerged that all messages on Boris Johnson's phone were wiped in April 2021, after it emerged his number had been freely available on the internet for 15 years."

From a personal point of view aren't I better off if a foreign government spies on me rather than a local one?

Like China isn't going to fine me for piracy or jail me for protesting. My country could.