I got one co-worker that's a low talker and I've had to ask her to repeat so many times, most of the time now I just politely nod and say yeah hoping she wasn't asking a question and laugh when she laughs after finishing a sentence.
Yes there definitely would be an alterior agenda to the reasons for the push to hate on tiktok data fears. But that's not to say that people are any safer (data wise) with US big tech.
When someone asks you what date it is, no one says it's 2025 May 5th.
We all know what year it is, and we all know what month we are in. It's the day component that is usually the unknown.
Damn, that's gotta suck.