Saturday, August 8th, 2020
Special Edition: Is TikTok Really a Threat?
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Today's "Special Edition Saturday" is all about the popular, and now controversial, video app: TikTok. As the president plans a ban on the Chinese-owned app because of national security concerns, we're asking two different mobile security experts if TikTok is truly a threat.
You’ll hear from cybersecurity experts from both Disconnect and Lookout:
Patrick Jackson
Patrick Jackson is the Chief Technology Officer at privacy firm Disconnect. Disconnect powers the privacy of hundreds of millions of users. Before Disconnect, Patrick was a researcher at the National Security Agency where he focused on emerging mobile and wireless technologies.
Hank Schless
After working for fintech and database technology companies, Hank has found a home in cybersecurity. Before Lookout, he was the 20th employee at a cloud infrastructure security startup and helped the company grow to over 160 employees. At Lookout, he is a Senior Manager on the Security Solutions team, enabling internal teams and informing the market about the growing need to secure mobile devices as part of the larger security strategy.
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Read more about this topic:
Wired, Washington Post, Lookout Blog, The Guardian, Stratechery