2019.12.30 U.S. military bans TikTok

U.S. Army and Navy banned Chinese App TikTok from all government-issued devices (and suggest the same for private devices). The Australian military copied the Americans. The reason is because the App was created with Chinese Government sponsorship and regulatory rules, so it can convey location, image and biometric data to its Chinese parent company, which is legally unable to refuse to share that data to the Chinese government.

TikTok

TikTok is a Chinese-owned (ByteDance) version of VideoTwitter -- where you can upload short videos (3-60 looping videos). Since the App is highly popular, and created with Chinese Government sponsorship and regulatory rules, it has been called a "national security threat to the West", especially amongst armed services personnel because it can convey location, image and biometric data to its Chinese parent company, which is legally unable to refuse to share that data to the Chinese government. more...

TikTok   📚 References Wikipedia: TikTok#National security concerns https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-army-chinese-app-tiktok-a-cyber-threat-soldiers-banned-from-using-it https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-navy-idUSKBN1YO2HU https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/31/21044559/us-army-bans-soldiers-from-using-tiktok' https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/31/us-army-bans-tiktok-military-devices-signaling-growing-concern-about-apps-chinese-roots/