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TikTok Ban on Australian Government-Issued Phones Should Also Apply to Other Social Media Apps, experts say (www.techtimes.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The government is right to prohibit the use of Tiktok on work devices, but experts think that the ban should also apply to other apps. "I don't think it's as simple as TikTok - bad; American companies - good. I think they're all bad," Australian National University cybersecurity researcher Vanessa Teague says.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

why are these people allowed to install anything on government phones?? like I would think that would be a security risk, nevermind that I wouldn't want the gov having my accounts.

[–] Meseta 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure why government employees can even use their work phones to install personal applications. Isn't the whole point of a work phone using it for work?

I imagine that a bunch of these employees are just not buying a personal device and using their work provided ones as their main device (I see the same in the corporate world as well.)

[–] Aurenkin 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like this is a general problem with banning a specific app. Shouldn't we work out what it is about that app that we don't like and then ban that thing so we don't need to constantly update rules as new apps come out? I haven't thought super deeply about it though so I'm sure I'm missing some nuance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's fair, I think any app that wants excessive information from the phone should be suspect but many apps also need benign information to operate.

If it was me I'd say only a few white listed apps should be allowed on government networks and devices.

If you want to make tiktoks or play flappy bird get a private device and keep it off the work wifi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Any work-issued device should be used for just work, right? Surely that's common sense?