<aside> <img src="/icons/book-closed_red.svg" alt="/icons/book-closed_red.svg" width="40px" /> “Unlike other social networks/messengers, TikTok not only does not encrypt messages, but also scans them to study its users better.
TikTok collects huge amount of data, it knows literally everything about its users: mood, character traits, sexual preferences...”
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1779526088579817508
"I see that I am rightly being asked to provide sources for what I’ve said. Here's a thread for you 🫳 Every few seconds, Tiktok scans the clipboard - even when the app is closed. The company said this was an anti-spam feature. After a scandal, they promised to remove it.”
Popular iPhone and iPad Apps Snooping on the Pasteboard | Mysk | 30 June 2020
Popular iPhone and iPad Apps Snooping on the Pasteboard, Mysk
How TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use the App - Consumer Reports | 29 September 2022
How TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use the App via @ConsumerReports
“TikTok collects an abnormally large amount of data. When you open it for the first time, it sends ±500kb of data about your phone, which is about 125 pages of text.”
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Washington Post: Think you’re anonymous online?
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“It's fair to note that Facebook also collects enormous amounts of data, but it operates under US law. Unlike TikTok, which is subject to communist China.”
What Data About You Can the Government Get From Big Tech? (Published 2021)
“The invisible Tiktok counter (similar to FB Pixel), which is sometimes installed by website owners, collects data from people who don't even have Tiktok. If you then install Tiktok, it will already have your digital portrait for displaying ads.”
Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China | 29 September 2022