BrianKrebs on Nostr: Human nature being what it is, it seems extremely likely that sometime today we will ...
Human nature being what it is, it seems extremely likely that sometime today we will see millions of U.S.-based TikTok users installing some shady or "free" VPN software just to get around the ban.
So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even bigger security problem when millions of people install some app that can read and modify all traffic.
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2025-01-19 13:45:48Event JSON
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