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We all worry about the super powers such as China tracking the West and using secret "hacking" methods to obtain intel about the military, politicians etc.

The reality is that they're "attacking" in plain sight by having created one of the most viral apps ever to exist. Everybody has installed TikTok, and they're effectively running around recording information about everything and sending it back to China.

You could not make it up.



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