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The state of Maryland banned the use of TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products by state agencies, citing reporting by NBC News about hackers linked to the Chinese government stealing millions in Covid benefits from state governments in the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/maryland-bans-use-tiktok-huawei-chinese-russian-products-rcna60382?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
waeraj
SC did too
AceBandito
It's blocked on the wifi at some NJ govt buildings as well.
Grinch01
Better late than never i would say
brassmule
Trump was right.
UnrealEstates
ALL countries have rules where their companies HAVE to supply what ever data the government asks for.
CrimeSceneShoe
I love my state
JessicaShadowless
I do not trust the State.
Sm9yCg
Tiktok is not some nefarious Chinese intelligence operation. It's pure capitalist evil. China just allows it to be evil outside China.
CurbYourClassWar
We been saying it for years now...
Marsupialmessiah
Yup. Cats out of the box and brought some litter with it.
indoorliving
I really hope this continues. I make theatrical marketing and we spend so much time and money making Tik Tok spots. I fucking hate it.
jfm2
tiktok is bad mkey
Isibis
What were the state agencies of Maryland using TikTok for in the first place?
onlyhalfghost
outreach, presumably
Killertomatonew
of course tiktok is sad that they're getting banned somewhere. Hard to steal people's info when you can't have access to it.
Someshithead241
They can just buy it from Facebook. You don't even have to use it for them to steal it since its hard downloaded onto new phones.
PathologicalLier
Sadly enough facebook steals a lot less data than tiktok
CrispyNougat
I mean, it's like one of the few things that Trump and I agreed about. Tik Tok needs to go, but we all know it won't.
GoW1n
Broken clocks and all….he was right about this issue, but even then it was for the wrong reasons
wilkins1952
Yeah it's like he tried being right for once but he even failed at that.
beez428
SkamanSam
I really do like living in MD. Much better than with the replikklan in NC.
Tiberyn
We should probably start putting a stop to their bullshit and start giving them consequences for doing this bullshit.
MisterBrahanovich
justareallylongemailaddress
The people's republic of MD finally did something right! Cant expect anything like that when we have Yankin' here in VA.
AntRam95
Fucking hate that guy
shmoogeeoogee
Man I hate to say it gives the guy credit, but someone called this awhile ago....
brassmule
The current Pres revoked that EO: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/biden-revokes-and-replaces-trump-executive-orders-that-banned-tiktok.html
pierrelaplace
Um, finally?
PineappleLoopsBroether
3 years too late
shyriath
To be honest, I'm not actually sure what will change here. At least at our agency, nothing like that was on state devices anyway.
NegimaSensei
Yeah, like, this has come up several times over the past few years. I'm still surprised by how popular tiktok is even with these reports.
micicle
It boggles my mind that when I bring it up to people when they try to show me a tictok look at me like I'm wearing a tinfoil hat.
UghItsThatGuy
Just 'cause you did this one thing right, we're not friends, Maryland. You still got a long way to go.
PullShporttel
Perhaps you're still mad that our governor secured a couple thousand N95s and then hid them from Trump's feds.
nontemerenectimide
What did we do to you?
BenderBenderBender
BenderBenderBender
Ironically, I call it the People’s Republic of Maryland.
thetrulymaddog1134
They ain’t Bible Belt bullshit at least
UghItsThatGuy
You've never been to Maryland, then. North Maryland is hillbilly af
factcheckmate
So is western MD, Southern parts and eastern shore. Its almost like urban areas are progressive, unique to MD I know /s
thetrulymaddog1134
I think you mean the eastern shore hill billy af
achamso
Facebook, instagram any Google all do the same.
ConfederacyOfDunces
Not the same at all. Example: TikTok has the ability to silently install other apps and software, hidden from the user. It's a Trojan horse.
Rip901
Got a source for that? Most of what I've seen them fearmonger about has been basic information most other social media sites would have
ConfederacyOfDunces
https://blog.oversecured.com/Oversecured-detects-dangerous-vulnerabilities-in-the-TikTok-Android-app/ this isn't what I was remembering but
ConfederacyOfDunces
it's a start. I'll try a little longer to find the original report I'm remembering
Aimlockbelch
I work for the feds. We ban a LOT of shit “normal” folks use all the time.
We11thatwasC00L
I love how moving the quotes to any word in this sentence changes the meaning entirely
Phinalize
I work for the "feds"
fantittytastic
I love how moving the quotes to any word in this sentence "changes" the meaning entirely
Aimlockbelch
Literally made me lol! Nailed it!?
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ConfederacyOfDunces
Hardly his biggest, but it is massive failure.
brassmule
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/10/banning-tiktok-stoking-sinophobia-isnt-likely-reelect-trump/
brassmule
They called him Sinophobic for trying to do it. And Biden revoked Trump's EO that banned it.
brassmule
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/biden-revokes-and-replaces-trump-executive-orders-that-banned-tiktok.html
BenderBenderBender
According to the source you provided, revoked and replaced*
kerms
I thought the whole reason TikTok was allowed to continue to operate was because it got bought by an American company?
kerms
This whole fiasco was supposed to have been solved but I guess not.
kuriosly
They talked about it. Then it didn’t happen
BenderBenderBender
Parent company is still Chinese, but the U.S. company was created to essentially put a firewall between U.S. citizen data and the Chinese >
BenderBenderBender
< government. Unsurprisingly, U.S. data is still being accessed in China despite this agreement that allowed them to keep operating. Sauce:
BenderBenderBender
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-confirms-us-user-data-accessed-in-china-bytedance-2022-7