Australia takes its turn to kick TikTok off government kit

Australia has joined the growing list of nations that have decided TikTok represents an unacceptable risk when running on government-owned devices, so has decided not to allow it onto those machines. Citing "advice from intelligence and security agencies," attorney-general Mark Dreyfus today announced the national government …

[Anonymous Coward]

Headline should read "Australia kotows to the USA, yet again, demonstrating it's their lapdog".

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Get a grip. Work supplied devices should be used for, guess what? Work! duh....

[Benegesserict Cumbersomberbatch]

How subservient, to maintain sovereign autonomy in the face of illegal economic retaliation.

[Yorick Hunt]

Egad!

What's next, banning Pornhub from politicians' devices? Preposterous!

[Anonymous Coward]

Am I missing something?

Why is any government supplied device allowing anything to be installed other than the specific work/government required apps? Shouldn't these devices be completely locked down anyway?

Yes, I know that many/most governments have social media accounts (even on TikTok maybe?) in which case, sure, let those people have two devices : one clean and one dirty. And, of course, any personal device they have should be completely separate.

[Grunchy]

Tik Tok, nothing

You know what, I still never got around to trying out Facebook yet. Or even “Friendster.”

I’m still getting used to my Sharp PC-1500!