Comment by ethbr1

That's where scale changes kind.

I'd have no problem either, if TikTok were only collecting data on you.

I wouldn't have much of a problem, if TikTok were collecting data on x0,000s of people.

To me, it rises to the level of security-sensitive when information is collected on enough people that there's a high likelihood of people in future sensitive positions (military, government, legal) having had their information collected historically.

One can't put the genie back in the bottle when a competitor government can see a new president elected... and pull up a profile of what they swiped from 10-40.

That scenario impacts not just you (the future president), but everyone you have power or influence over.

And given the Chinese government's documented willingness to coerce people in foreign countries (i.e. the "not police" police stations), betting they won't use that power seems shortsighted...