You’re not wrong; your comment is just irrelevant in this context. It’s not about whataboutism.
I think it’s a valid concern in that we need real laws around data and what you’re allowed to do with it or China/ whoever can just buy the data from an american company without needing to do anything themselves. Similarly forcing a sale of TikTok is meaningless if China can buy data from them or compromise their security ala solar winds. There’s a reason Saudi Arabia is so deeply invested in Uber, Reddit, lucid, etc.
I’m kind of questioning the governments intentions and worries. I get why its bad China can just take that data. But its not like our own corporations are bastions of privacy or safety and they even have data on when you fuck in your car. So what’s going on here? Nobody cares about us clearly. They just dont want the CCP having that data. Which, okay, but I know a way nobody can have that data and we are all safe.