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TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by dzhiurgis »

treesknees wrote: post #139
burrows wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems duplicitous to suggest that a web browser provides something like an anonymizing client.

A web browser prevents access to permissions like contacts, photos, location. I use Facebook and Instagram very rarely but always do so in a web browser for this very reason. It's not that it's "anonymous" since obviously I'm logged in with my own profile, but it helps to compartmentalize their access both in terms of overall permissions, and the timing of that access. Facebook can't push out an update that sends my…

Exactly this. And exactly this why every page like messenger.com heavily pushes you to install native apps and/or is broken in some peculiar way that makes it barely useful.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by burrows »

treesknees wrote: post #139
burrows wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems duplicitous to suggest that a web browser provides something like an anonymizing client.

A web browser prevents access to permissions like contacts, photos, location. I use Facebook and Instagram very rarely but always do so in a web browser for this very reason. It's not that it's "anonymous" since obviously I'm logged in with my own profile, but it helps to compartmentalize their access both in terms of overall permissions, and the timing of that access. Facebook can't push out an update that sends my…

How about just not going to Chernobyl rather than repurposing some old scuba and WW2 chemical defense gear into a hazmat suit?

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by jml7c5 »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #18
jdlyga wrote: post #14

TikTok has definitely become the platform for short form video content. It used to be YouTube, but it's since matured into a place to watch more well produced videos in the 20 minute range. If you haven't given TikTok a chance, try it out.

Wasn’t the tiktok app lambasted for being terribly intrusive and data-collecty?

There was a reddit post about it (something like "I reverse engineered TikTok and found blah blah"), but it was likely fraudulent. There was also that iOS bug with clipboard notifications. I think those were the source of most of the hubbub.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by rchaud »

rvz wrote: post #59
Nicksil wrote: post #55

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1B users don't know.

1B users will find out the hard way just like with every social network: Data breaches. Won’t be surprised to see it eventually happen.

Nobody's uploading their SSN or CC numbers on TikTok, so who cares?

People didn't care after the Equifax hack, and that had far more personal information.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by treesknees »

burrows wrote: post #142
treesknees wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A web browser prevents access to permissions like contacts, photos, location. I use Facebook and Instagram very rarely but always do so in a web browser for this very reason. It's not that it's "anonymous" since obviously I'm logged in with my own profile, but it helps to compartmentalize their access both in terms of overall permissions, and the timing of that access. Facebook can't push out an update that sends my…

How about just not going to Chernobyl rather than repurposing some old scuba and WW2 chemical defense gear into a hazmat suit?

I certainly don't need to justify my reasoning for using Facebook or Instagram to you, but I assure you there are some things which are easier when you have an account. Many small businesses exclusively use FB to post updated hours, for example.

I am well aware of the privacy and social issues around using those websites. Being careful and mindful with my access and the content I let them receive (e.g. limiting permissions via a browser instead of native app, not uploading my entire life to the site, not regularly interacting with the content) is how I manage my personal risk.

If you're aware of some methods Facebook is using to break out of the browser sandbox and access my content without my permission, then by all means I'm open to review any sources you may have to suggest that my mobile browser is an inappropriate tool for restricting access.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by naveen99 »

prashantsengar wrote: post #119
naveen99 wrote: post #116

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Is their anything to replace it india, or is it back to cricket and Bollywood (the two industries it threatened ) ?

There are multiple different applications now, trying to be an alternative to TikTok. But none of them has consolidated the market. Most used: IG Reels, MX Takatak (from MX player), Gaana shots. When TikTok was banned, there were dozens of apps trying to be the next big thing.

Thanks.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by burrows »

treesknees wrote: post #145
burrows wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about just not going to Chernobyl rather than repurposing some old scuba and WW2 chemical defense gear into a hazmat suit?

I certainly don't need to justify my reasoning for using Facebook or Instagram to you, but I assure you there are some things which are easier when you have an account. Many small businesses exclusively use FB to post updated hours, for example. I am well aware of the privacy and social issues around using those websites. Being careful and mindful with my access and the content I let them receive (e.g. limiting permi…

> I certainly don't need to justify my reasoning for using Facebook or Instagram to you, but I assure you there are some things which are easier when you have an account.

Of course, every deal with the devil offers something in the short term.

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