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  Cool, then it shouldn't be a concern.
context: Am I crazy on this one. 
  Should personal apps and technologies already be not allowed on official devices? 
  That's like downloading Skyrim on a work laptop. Cool and fun. But get your own personal device Jesus.... >
  
  What I don’t understand is why people don’t get the fact that if it’s a company or government issued phone they have legal rights to every thing on it. Of course you should have and want a personal device. 
  No you’re not crazy, just sensible, but people are who put personal apps on what is essentially someone else’s phone most certainly. >
  
  I work for local government and don't even connect my personal phone to the building wifi. I'm not doing anything I shouldn't, but I value my privacy and try to stay away from my personal phone becoming public record. >
  
  Congress takes credit for something that was already forbidden, more at 11. >
  
  I’m a federal employee. TikTok has never been allowed on our phones and there are security settings to ensure it can never be downloaded. I don’t know why this is suddenly news as if it wasn’t implemented literally 3 years ago at this point. >
  
  Can't wait until someone makes a short reaction of this on Tik-Tok >
  
  Meh.
  I don't think anyone should have social media apps on work-provided / corporate devices anyway. That's something you should only be using your personal device for to begin with. >
  
  That'll be about as effective as their metal detectors that representatives choose to just walk around >
  
  As it turns out, worthless news articles about TikTok bans, are great clickbait. >
  
  They pop up every weekday >
  
  How many 13 year olds are on staff to need this? >
  
  Every app is a privacy concern, but TikTok especially. 
  Most companies which run popular apps aren't going to hand over loads of information to China for a tiny fraction of their valuation. TikTok's owner is essentially required to hand over any information at any time, and the government can essentially tweak the algorithms to show what they want. >
  
  
  but TikTok especially. 
  
  Not really. All of your points about Chinese access to data are also true with respect to Twitter. Binance, a shady Chinese crypto company, invested heavily in Musk's Twitter acquisition and has a $500 million stake in the country. Twitter has an agreement to hand over unspecified private data to investors who contributed $250 million or more to support Musk's acquisition. For all we know, the Chinese government has access to all of the data on Twitter's servers dating back over a decade. It's a far greater national security threat given how prevalent Twitter is and has been among elected officials. >
  
  I have been trying to explain this to people for months.... I dont use tiktok because the chinese get all my data..  they say while on Twitter who gives all their data to China. Oh and the Saudis as well. >
  
  Not a surprise. You shouldn't be installing that shit on work or government devices anyway. 
  If you wanna tiktok, use your own phone. I notice people being so alarmed like WHY IS AUBURN BANNING TIKTOK they're just banning it on their network, you're free to do it without using their wifi >
  
  They don't need to be using social media on taxpayer funded phones anyway. Get a personal phone. >
  
  Breaking news: company device policy blocks installation of certain apps. Slow news day? >
  
  The amount of people who come into these threads and either don’t give a shit or outright try to defend TikTok is comical… if it was any other social media platform in the headline these threads would be a dumpster fire >
  
  Ah, man. Michelle Fischbach will never see my fast food reviews. >
  
  Nobody cares about what TikTok is doing, everyone has read their terms of service and still choose to use it… it’s designed to intimately serve you up catered ocular delights so you will grant it most of your attention… Erase the app before you get too addicted… >
  
  
  everyone has read their terms of service
  
  That’s hilarious. >
  
  yep. imagine someone actually took the time to read all that shit lol >
  
  If a website can't do the same thing as an app that says a lot about the people behind it. >
  
  Cool, now do all the other devices >
  
  Wow that will really hurt, maybe .001% of users are now banned. Tictoc is popular all over the world, has no real need of a US market.