TikTok security deal is likely to leave US data leaking to China


TikTok has been under US scrutiny since 2019 over concerns that Chinese actors might tap those users’ information for espionage or other harmful purposes. — AFP Relaxnews

TikTok users would still risk having personal data exposed to hacking and espionage by China even if the Biden administration forges a security agreement designed to spare the video platform from a total US ban.

That’s the conclusion of former national security officials and other experts as the Justice Department reviews an accord that would keep the popular video-streaming app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd, accessible to its millions of US users.

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