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July 28, 2020 01:05 am

Bidens staff must delete TikTok from their personal and work phones


Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Speaks On His Economic Recovery Plan in Delaware

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Staffers from Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign must remove TikTok from personal and work phones, a campaign official told The Verge. That’s because of security concerns around the popular app.


TikTok can access users’ clipboard content on iOS — potentially a problem for anyone using a password manager to log into secure accounts. Some politicians are particularly wary of TikTok because the video-sharing app is owned by Chinese internet company Bytedance.



The Biden campaign’s policy — first reported by Bloomberg — echoes that of other US government officials. The US departments of State and Homeland Security, the US Army, and the US Navy have already banned TikTok on government...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/27/21341062/biden-staff-delete-tiktok-personal-work-phones

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