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Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks (www.foxcarolina.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks effective Monday, July 10.

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[–] zaph 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So an American school doesn't block an American website that American intelligence agencies have access to and you're wondering why they wouldn't allow a Chinese website that Chinese intelligence agencies probably have access to? I completely agree that Meta and Twitter and all that are horrible for security but it's still relevant who houses that data. I choose not to use any of them but it's completely understandable why a country would hesitate to trust a foreign nation we have no relevant triety with.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

The Chinese agencies have access to whatever data they want on you. There is no moratorium on data brokers doing business with China. Even if there were, they would get that data from one of their BRICS partners.

So they have data from TikTok. Now what? What's next? What's the threat they pose with that data to the American people or the students and faculty at this university?

What is the university protecting it's network from specifically?

The CIA has a long history of unlawfully monitoring and retaliating against US Citizens for advocating against US policy, like opposing the war in Vietnam.

From a historical standpoint, it would appear that citizens of the United States have more to fear from the CIA then they do from the People's Republic of China.