私隱問題應當受到關注,我很高興聽到聯邦政府至少在調查此事。但是抖音更大的問題是對生產力的消耗。如果說Instagram是令人上癮的咖啡因,但它至少目的明確,那麼抖音就是古柯鹼。我想起了我的一些朋友在「五分鐘學習休息」間隙,一看起抖音影片就是好幾個小時,看多了腦子都壞了。
—Sam, Columbia University, financial economics
4. Join the Club
TikTok’s connection to China doesn’t concern me—almost every other social-media platform has equally difficult privacy concerns. Facebook is paying a $5 billion fine to the Federal Trade Commission for violating user privacy. Google keeps every search a user makes, and many Google services on Android devices and iPhones track the user’s location. I’ve no doubt that my iPhone, which was made largely in China and contains all my banking information, emails, text messages and more, gives Apple a frightening amount of information about me.
35. connection to 與⋯⋯的關係
36. privacy concerns 隱私顧慮
37. pay a fine 繳交罰金
38. violate user privacy 違反用戶隱私
39. track the user’s location 追蹤用戶的位置
40. have no doubt 毫無疑問
41. be made in china 是中國製造
42. banking information 銀行資訊
43. a frightening amount of information 數量驚人的資訊
我並不是很在意抖音與中國的關係,幾乎所有其他社交媒體平臺都存在同樣棘手的私隱問題。Facebook因侵犯用戶私隱被聯邦貿易委員會罰了50億美元。Google會記錄用戶的每一次搜索,且許多安卓設備和iPhone上的Google服務會追蹤用戶位置。我絕對相信我的iPhone給了蘋果公司大量關於我的資訊,裡面有我所有的銀行資訊、電子郵件、訊息等等,而iPhone大多是中國製造。
—Andrew, Georgetown University, government
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