The absurdity of TikTok spying allegations
Opinion
By
Fabian Schmidt
Whether a Chinese, US or European firm runs the
platform where people share data makes no difference. If users want to show
themselves, everyone will get their data, writes Fabian Schmidt.
The zeal
with which the Chinese regime collects data is really quite frightening. The
Communist Party imposes total surveillance on its citizens that puts
to shame even the horror scenarios of George Orwell's 1984. After all, when Orwell
wrote his book in 1948, he could not have predicted what the internet era would
one day make possible.
In
light of Beijing's aggressive expansionist policies, we should indeed be
worried about protecting our data. Among other things, this means not relying
on Chinese G5 technology, as security experts in
the West cannot verifia...