Tazmanian@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.citizenlab.caexternal-linkmessage-square578fedilinkarrow-up12.01Karrow-down150file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up11.96Karrow-down1external-linkThe most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.citizenlab.caTazmanian@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square578fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down29·edit-21 year agoThat’s false equivalence. China killing protesters and silencing dissidents does not make it OK for Google or anyone else to spy on you.
minus-squareSnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down9·edit-21 year agoyeah no shit. The point is that they aren’t equivalent, trying to make them so is a destructive distraction
minus-squareSasquatchBanana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down11·1 year agoThat’s not what is being pointed. In China, you don’t have freedom of information. They are authoritarian, borderline totalitarian. Yeah, Google spy and the US spy on us but to say America/Google is just as bad is the false equivalence.
That’s false equivalence.
China killing protesters and silencing dissidents does not make it OK for Google or anyone else to spy on you.
yeah no shit. The point is that they aren’t equivalent, trying to make them so is a destructive distraction
That’s not what is being pointed. In China, you don’t have freedom of information. They are authoritarian, borderline totalitarian. Yeah, Google spy and the US spy on us but to say America/Google is just as bad is the false equivalence.