(TheLibertyRevolution.com)- With TikTok still accessible in the United States, you may be worried about your data being sent back to China, where more than a third of the world’s smartphones are produced.
Of course, not all Chinese-made goods come from companies directly tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
One hundred thirty-eight million people in the United States use the video-sharing app TikTok, making it one of the most popular social media platforms.
TikTok, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray, might be used to influence our kids and the culture. The data is also accessible to the communist Chinese government.
There is now without question that TikTok is a Trojan horse since the company confessed late last year that it has spied on specific Americans, including journalists.
At the federal level and in at least 27 individual states, the app is prohibited from being used on official government equipment. If you or a member of your household persists in using Chinese apps, you should install them on a device that isn’t used for anything else.
Experts say you shouldn’t connect the devices to your home network; instead, use a cellular connection to access the internet.
Smartphones are the de facto digital hubs of most people’s daily lives, recording every incoming and outgoing call, every text message sent and received, and the user’s precise location at all times. For this reason, in November, the Federal Communications Commission froze all business with Huawei, a Chinese telecoms firm, citing national security concerns.
The Chinese electronics manufacturers Oppo, OnePlus, and Xiaomi have all been accused of similar practices.
Some of the preloaded applications on Chinese-made Android phones have been discovered to have “hazardous privileges,” according to research on digital privacy published recently. In its most recent update, 25 Chinese companies and organizations were added.
The Chinese company Lenovo didn’t make the Entity List, though it was founded in 1984 and was created by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The academy is the PRC’s foremost scientific research institution.
Almost 900 local and state governments in the United States employ Lenovo products, which house an enormous quantity of private information.
The military isn’t taking any risks. After discovering their data was being sent to China through Lenovo devices in 2008, U.S. Marines stationed in Iraq ceased using them.
