ByteDance planned to use TikTok to surveil specific American citizens
To me, it is obvious that TikTok is a tool for all kinds of evil, from exfiltrating personal information to surveillance to refining models for mass manipulation.<p>It is the one app that I would never allow near one of my devices.  Yet, whenever I mention the threat anywhere or to anybody, I get "you are too paranoid" or "but Facebook does it too".  Most of the time I just get ignored / downvoted.<p>Am I missing something?  Does the app really have enough redeeming features to warrant the risk of using it?