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For MS I suspect either incompetence or laziness and just checking all the permissions (because a lot of Teams seems poorly thought out and designed by committee, probably an “agile” one too).

As for Tick Tock it’s obviously spyware meant for direct user identification. How anyone can use it when it’s uploading their biometric information (face, voice) to the CCP is beyond stupidity.

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It's TikTok* and do you have any evidence to support what you're saying or you're just pulling this from thin air?

So far from what I’ve seen, it is mostly along the lines of “they technically can, so I assume they do.”

Even when it comes to someone like me, who is very strongly anti-CCP, it definitely irks me a bit. Mostly because making strong accusations like that without any reasoning other than “they can, so they definitely do it” only makes that position look weaker and more difficult to align with. Why make up those things and accusations, when there are so many other valid points for criticism there? There is a reason for why “the boy who cried wolf” is a very commonly referenced parable.

Tick Tock, thanks.

It is to support finding devices you can cast to inside the app (like conference calling boxes.)

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