Comment on China's RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty
thelucky8@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Here is a video by Matt Brown analyzing RedNote.
Chinese RedNote App Exposes Sensitive User Data — (18 min, here is an alternative Invidious link)
TLDR: It’s sending most of the app data in cleartext HTTP instead of TLS, while some of the TLS are not done in a secure way. It is true that other social media apps send data back to the servers, but here it appears to be less safe, enabling attackers to do so in transit.
zante@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Wow. Just wow. All those thousands of kids realising the clips of Megan dancing at her 13th birthday party were sent over clear text http instead of TLS.
Come on man, no one threat models this. this isnt NASA evaluating a new space app.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 week ago
What an unbelievably ignorant thing to say. Why are you downplaying this?
zante@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Privacy concerns with a Chinese social media app. Shocker.
The kids don’t give a rats
Pointing out flaws in end to end encryption isnt changing that.
thelucky8@beehaw.org 1 week ago
@zante@slrpnk.net
This new comment is even more ignorant. But feel free to comment what you suggest instead of downplaying this analysis.