Banning TikTok from US app stores but allowing it to operate until Nov. 12 prevents TikTok from patching any security vulnerabilities found in the meantime
a move which is shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/... SIX / @sixiaotang : Tiktok will be fine; the no-compromise loss of WeChat access in the US is devastating for asian diaspora. And cruelty is the point here https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Sinan Aral / @sinanaral : Wow. The future of the Internet will be Balkanized (and the implications for competition and national security are real): Trump Admin to Ban TikTok, WeChat From U.S. App Stores. https://www.nytimes.com/... Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore : Probably the biggest gift Trump has given Zuckerberg yet: Using government power to ban a popular rival service right as Facebook launches its copycat: https://www.nytimes.com/... Selena / @selenalarson : ah yes i see the u.s. is taking a measured, understandable approach to this whole thing https://twitter.com/... Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers : (Very!) respectfully, this is probably the wrong take. The TikTok ban, which isn't til Nov. 12, could still be averted, and Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and others have noted that the longterm implications for Facebook would probably be bad, insofar as other countries might ban them. https://twitter.com/... Brian Spegele / @brianspegele : Here's hoping ordinary Americans and Chinese find other ways to communicate. https://twitter.com/... @comparativist : I'm not a fan of either app, but am deeply uncomfortable with a POTUS being able to ban apps with an Executive Order. https://twitter.com/... @sqiouyilu : great! thanks for destroying one avenue of communication for my livelihood as well as contact with my friends and family, including ones based in the US! love to be chinese during this administration!!! https://twitter.com/... Edward Wong / @ewong : Big news for anyone involved w/ China: Trump moves ahead w/ ban on WeChat and TikTok, the popular Chinese apps. US officials say WeChat will be inoperational in US by Monday. This will force Americans & Chinese to look for other communications channels. https://www.nytimes.com/... Tor Ekeland / @torekelandpllc : Executive branch bans internet publishing platform. No First Amendment issues here, move along. https://www.nytimes.com/... @eanmeyer : This ends badly. This ends with jail broken phones, malware ridden downloads, shady VPNs and proxies. This is no more a national security risk than Facebook, but the bot narrative on Facebook is pro-Trump which is the real difference. https://twitter.com/... @vice : This is truly one of the dumbest possible outcomes of an exhausting, unnecessary saga. https://www.vice.com/... Ryan Naraine / @ryanaraine : Cue the obvious workarounds (changing country in AppStore) or sideloading in Android https://twitter.com/... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : I didn't think the TikTok saga could get dumber, but it did. https://www.vice.com/... @freedomofpress : In terms of security: the Trump administration's move today will make U.S. TikTok users less safe by cutting them off from software updates https://www.vice.com/... Mikael Thalen / @mikaelthalen : The irony of Trump's TikTok ban, which is supposedly aimed at bolstering national security, is that it will block U.S. users from receiving security updates, thus making them more vulnerable than they ever were to begin with https://www.vice.com/... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : New: Trump Protects TikTok Users' Security By Cutting Them Off From Security Updates Total dumbass stuff over TikTok. https://www.vice.com/... Becky Yoose / @yo_bj : For those thinking of doing a last minute install of TikTok or WeChat, you might want to take into account the security risks that are only going to increase the longer the apps are banned from the app stores. https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Perfect headline https://www.vice.com/...
The Trump Administration's “build-the-wall” approach to the internet now includes banning @TikTok and @WeChat from app stores. This puts the US on par with China, India, Turkey and other countries that censor communication tools. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@oneunderscore__
Ben Collins on x
The fastest way to make TikTok a national security threat is to make it so average users can't update it through the app store, which is what this ban does. Any vulnerabilities from here on out now cannot be patched by average Americans. The White House is creating this problem.
@kateconger
Kate Conger on x
This tiktok ban will effectively cut off US users from receiving security updates: https://www.nytimes.com/...
@hypervisible
Doomscrolling Eternal on x
“By banning TikTok from the app store, it will be impossible for users to update their app, meaning any existing vulnerabilities discovered by ByteDance between now and November will continue to persist for Americans and Americans only.” https://www.vice.com/...
@evan_greer
Evan Greer on x
This pretty much sums up every tech policy move this admin has made https://twitter.com/...
@nicoleperlroth
Nicole Perlroth on x
Unintended consequences of the TikTok ban: Security updates. Good job, everyone. https://twitter.com/...
@jessicajin_
Jessica Jin on x
Genius way to turn out the Chinese-American vote, @realDonaldTrump. I'd lose access to my entire extended family and my dad if WeChat were to go. I'll be calling on everyone in my mom's local friend group chat to register to vote today. https://twitter.com/...
@niubi
Bill Bishop on x
“the government will also ban American companies from processing transactions for WeChat or hosting its internet traffic as of midnight Sunday.” So will need a vpn with non us servers? https://twitter.com/...
@motherboard
@motherboard on x
Now THAT'S What I Call Logic! https://www.vice.com/...
@mrjeremylevy
Jeremy Levy on x
Hey kids, feel like voting now? https://twitter.com/...
@willknight
Will Knight on x
This isn't a sensible approach to national security or international competition, just as the wall isn't a sensible approach to immigration. It's about turning other countries into monsters, and blaming them for America's problems. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@freedomofpress
@freedomofpress on x
The Trump administration has announced a “ban” on TikTok in U.S. app stores—a move which is shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@sixiaotang
SIX on x
Tiktok will be fine; the no-compromise loss of WeChat access in the US is devastating for asian diaspora. And cruelty is the point here https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@sinanaral
Sinan Aral on x
Wow. The future of the Internet will be Balkanized (and the implications for competition and national security are real): Trump Admin to Ban TikTok, WeChat From U.S. App Stores. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nickconfessore
Nick Confessore on x
Probably the biggest gift Trump has given Zuckerberg yet: Using government power to ban a popular rival service right as Facebook launches its copycat: https://www.nytimes.com/...
@selenalarson
Selena on x
ah yes i see the u.s. is taking a measured, understandable approach to this whole thing https://twitter.com/...
@dylanbyers
Dylan Byers on x
(Very!) respectfully, this is probably the wrong take. The TikTok ban, which isn't til Nov. 12, could still be averted, and Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and others have noted that the longterm implications for Facebook would probably be bad, insofar as other countries might ban them.…
@brianspegele
Brian Spegele on x
Here's hoping ordinary Americans and Chinese find other ways to communicate. https://twitter.com/...
@comparativist
@comparativist on x
I'm not a fan of either app, but am deeply uncomfortable with a POTUS being able to ban apps with an Executive Order. https://twitter.com/...
@sqiouyilu
@sqiouyilu on x
great! thanks for destroying one avenue of communication for my livelihood as well as contact with my friends and family, including ones based in the US! love to be chinese during this administration!!! https://twitter.com/...
@ewong
Edward Wong on x
Big news for anyone involved w/ China: Trump moves ahead w/ ban on WeChat and TikTok, the popular Chinese apps. US officials say WeChat will be inoperational in US by Monday. This will force Americans & Chinese to look for other communications channels. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
@torekelandpllc
Tor Ekeland on x
Executive branch bans internet publishing platform. No First Amendment issues here, move along. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@eanmeyer
@eanmeyer on x
This ends badly. This ends with jail broken phones, malware ridden downloads, shady VPNs and proxies. This is no more a national security risk than Facebook, but the bot narrative on Facebook is pro-Trump which is the real difference. https://twitter.com/...
@vice
@vice on x
This is truly one of the dumbest possible outcomes of an exhausting, unnecessary saga. https://www.vice.com/...
@ryanaraine
Ryan Naraine on x
Cue the obvious workarounds (changing country in AppStore) or sideloading in Android https://twitter.com/...
@lorenzofb
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on x
I didn't think the TikTok saga could get dumber, but it did. https://www.vice.com/...
@freedomofpress
@freedomofpress on x
In terms of security: the Trump administration's move today will make U.S. TikTok users less safe by cutting them off from software updates https://www.vice.com/...
@mikaelthalen
Mikael Thalen on x
The irony of Trump's TikTok ban, which is supposedly aimed at bolstering national security, is that it will block U.S. users from receiving security updates, thus making them more vulnerable than they ever were to begin with https://www.vice.com/...
@josephfcox
Joseph Cox on x
New: Trump Protects TikTok Users' Security By Cutting Them Off From Security Updates Total dumbass stuff over TikTok. https://www.vice.com/...
@yo_bj
Becky Yoose on x
For those thinking of doing a last minute install of TikTok or WeChat, you might want to take into account the security risks that are only going to increase the longer the apps are banned from the app stores. https://twitter.com/...