Hypocritical for sure.
Not really unexpected, so not ironic.
Hypocritical for sure.
Not really unexpected, so not ironic.
they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.
The company is unaccountable‽
That’s some projection.
Not really. One can be dealt with if needs be, since they’re US companies. The other can’t because it’s the Chinese government.
Nobody cares because they are US companies.
First, it’s not a TickTok ban. It’s a ByteDance ban. ByteDance could sell TickTok to another company outside China and TickTock would be fine in the US.
Second, it was never about protecting user data. It was about preventing China from tweaking the algorithm to try to subtly influence public political opinion, instead of maximizing generic rage and political polarization, to exploit for ad dollars.
Have you tried the “Stealth” protocol option ProtonVPN has?
It’s intended to bypass VPN blocks. Sometimes it works.
Commercial monitors or digital signage displays are out there.
B&H has a good selection.
They are a bit more expensive, but not crazy.
That’s kind of standard practice on any company issued devices I’ve ever used.
Unless they’re being given for the kids to own. If they have to give them back at the end of the year, then they don’t belong to the kids.