Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to "little red book," to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
  • @ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•4 days ago

    Maybe that’s an Android thing?

    My wife uses douyin on an American SIM all the time. She had to get someone from the mainland to type a pin for her when she first installed it, but there wasn’t any hardware based attestation on iOS

    • @viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      1•3 days ago

      Possible, yep. We are using two phones anyway, one for all the Chinese crapware and one for the serious stuff, so it doesn’t affect daily life. Still a major nuisance though having to revert to those steps.