TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinised over the potential exposure of US user data, but it is the first widely used app that the US government has proposed banning over privacy and security concerns. So far, the discussion has focused on whether TikTok should be banned. There has been little discussion of whether TikTok could be banned, and there has been almost no discussion of the effects on cybersecurity that a TikTok ban could cause, including encouraging users to sidestep built-in security mechanisms to bypass a ban and access the app. As a cybersecurity researcher, I…