I’m surprised government devices aren’t using some kind of MDM to whitelist acceptable apps. There are a ton of malicious apps available through app stores.
Some government groups do massively restrict things.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
New York City becomes the latest government to issue new rules banning TikTok, a measure meant to ward off potential security threats from China.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration escalated its own pressure campaign against the app in an effort to force TikTok to part ways with its Chinese ownership.
In March, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress, enduring five hours of questioning from lawmakers over concerns that China might leverage the app to compromise national security.
While TikTok has gone on a public relations charm offensive in the U.S. and made changes to the way its stores user data, the company is plagued by its own past mistakes.
Last year, TikTok confirmed reporting that ByteDance employees tracked journalists’ IP addresses through the app in a scheme to crack down on internal leaks.
And whether it makes the TikTok threat look better or worse, Chinese hackers aren’t hurting for access — they apparently exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s cloud email service earlier this year to compromise a swath of U.S. government accounts.
I’m a bot and I’m open source!
