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TikTok shares your data more than any other app and it’s unclear where it goes

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Post by classified »

netcan wrote: post #132
classified wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just in cast it makes any difference to you, the Chinese government, who collects all the TikTok data, is a bunch of oppressive mass murderers. Say what you will about Facebook, Google, et al., but they haven't come that far yet.

Then what does it have to do with TikTok? If the underlying assertion is "ccp is evil," where and why does this relate to TikTok specifically? Why not every other item you are probably consuming? >> Say what you will about Facebook, Google, et al., but they haven't come that far yet. They're tech/media companies, not governments. FB & Google are however responsible for the norms under which TikTok can collect data fo…

So it doesn't make a difference to you. Noted.

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Post by randomsearch »

Graffur wrote: post #186

Even if it didn't share data.. it's designed from the beginning to be addictive. While other platforms like Facebook and Instagram grew into being platforms with aims to be addictive, I believe they started in a more neutral place. This type of app should be treated like smoking imo. Queue the "you can find educational material on tiktok!" posts by the subset of HN who really love the app and the company.

Yes, as Cal Newport would point out - it’s not that social apps aren’t in some way useful, it’s whether the value they deliver is worth the price they exact by “stealing” large amounts of your time.

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Post by Etheryte »

ncpa-cpl wrote: post #110
Etheryte wrote: post #36

One thing that I found very interesting when I looked into what TikTok does: it's scary good at aggregating data about you. I live in a foreign country, my phone's network is behind a VPN to a different foreign country and I gave the app no extra permissions, yet somehow I still got recommended content from the country where I was born. Since it's a small country there's no way that's a coincidence. I'm both intrigue…

I think they use the SIM card country ID and also the ad audience categories to suggest content. For example swapping the SIM card with a fresh installation of TikTok shows different "local" videos. Even if the public IP address is unchanged like when using WiFi instead of Data. I've also think they use ad categories to suggest videos. Using a fresh TikTok installation and then spending some time navigating a subredd…

This would make sense on Android, however as far as I've checked, on iOS you can't get this information precisely to reduce tracking.

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Post by financetechbro »

cosarara wrote: post #362
financetechbro wrote: post #241

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a bit ignorant for you think that data is limited to “mic, camera, browsing history, contact list” etc. TikTok can harvest data on the type of content posted and what users interact with. Although it feels harmless, I’m sure there are troves of insights to be derived just from that.

> It’s a bit ignorant for you A bit rude but ok > TikTok can harvest data on the type of content posted and what users interact with That's exactly what I said, and I think this is expected by the users and does not worry me.

Didn’t mean to come off as rude. My apologies
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