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marcosdumay
on Jan 15, 2025
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TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
If it's for spying on Chinese people inside Chinese territory, there wouldn't be any need to hide it.
glurblur
on Jan 16, 2025
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Nah, I don't buy it. Chinese as plenty of programmers who can read code as well as you. This dude is literally dumping symbols. There's no proof that it's actually a backdoor.
marcosdumay
on Jan 16, 2025
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And those Chinese programmers can't talk to anybody about what they find.
alp1n3_eth
on Jan 18, 2025
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It has been under heavy scrutiny by the security community for years, it would have already been found had it existed.
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