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TikTok to be banned on UK government phones

by sleepyshift on 3/16/23, 10:05 AM with 5 comments

  • by throwaway67743 on 3/16/23, 9:45 PM

    Mentioned this in another thread, but wow - at this point I'm not sure it's incompetence but just another thing they can throw at China/Russia/whoever it is this week, and see if it sticks.

    You don't retroactively prevent people using random trash on government devices, you prevent anything being installed that isn't approved and vetted

    I refuse to believe this is incompetence anymore, it's just so widespread and unfathomably dumb.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34968694#34973675

  • by cute_boi on 3/16/23, 1:11 PM

    are facebook/twitter going to be banned on Uk government phones?