Former client was our mayor’s law firm. One of their daughters went to school for linguistics and wanted to go to China to immerse herself in the culture. The ability to translate between English and Chinese pays well.
They asked the State Department what precautions they should install on her laptop. They advised to just buy a cheap laptop to take to China, then recycle it when she returns. They said the Chines spy at such a granular level in the PCs that they only know what they have been caught doing. Beyond that, was anybody’s guess.
Given that, I choose not to use TikTok. Oh that and I have no use for it.