TikTok is just 'another activity, another opportunity' for China to gain access to people's information and potentially influence the way they think, said CrowdStrike's chief security officer.
from federal government devices in December — amid growing national security concerns that TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance could give the Chinese Communist Party access to user data.
Henry noted that information isn't being collected about adults alone. China could use data collected about kids and teenagers now in the future, when they're attending universities and working in major corporations worldwide. "When you're looking at: how is it collected, who has access, what might they be doing with that data long-term? That changes the calculus, and I think that has to factor in to the type of applications that you use and the type of information that you put into those applications," he said.
Henry on Tuesday also discussed the war in Ukraine. As the conflict heads into its second spring, the virtual and digital component of Russia's offensive could escalate, disrupting areas like critical infrastructure, transportation, communications, logistics and the supply chain, he said.
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