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minus-squareCyberEgglinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·2 years agoBasically, most social media reads out everything that is openly accessible, like cookies, address books and contacts, etc. TikTok goes deeper, it has been watched going into protected files, trying to break encryptions (sometimes being successful).
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·2 years agoYou need to source things instead of just spewing bullshit you hear on the grapevine.
minus-squarepunseye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down11·2 years agoDamn, didn’t know about this, but, what if Big Tech has also been doing this, but with more perfection, without getting caught?
minus-squareCyberEgglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·2 years agoTikTok is big tech. But your question is highly speculative and kind of comes across as bad faith.
Basically, most social media reads out everything that is openly accessible, like cookies, address books and contacts, etc.
TikTok goes deeper, it has been watched going into protected files, trying to break encryptions (sometimes being successful).
You need to source things instead of just spewing bullshit you hear on the grapevine.
Damn, didn’t know about this, but, what if Big Tech has also been doing this, but with more perfection, without getting caught?
TikTok is big tech.
But your question is highly speculative and kind of comes across as bad faith.