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Is this something we can report? Or is it allowed in Android?

• avocado4 7y ago
  It's a bad practice according to Google, but not forbidden. https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-id...
  • mtgx 7y ago
    I believe there were some slight restrictions in Android 10, but probably nowhere near enough (the platform is owned by a tracking company after all): https://developer.android.com/about/versions/10/privacy/changes#data-ids https://developer.android.com/about/versions/10/privacy/chan... Check this out: https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/09/25/50-ways-to-leak-your-data/ https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/09/25/50-ways-to-leak-your-dat...
• chii 7y ago
  Is there a way to prevent an app from leaking data put like this, e.g, some kind of sandbox disk where files written with one app cannot be accessed by another app (until the user allows it - like photo sharing etc)?
  • inetknght 7y ago
    A container, for example?
  • baroffoos 7y ago
    Android has this but it works on the app authors side. Each app has its own private storage space where other apps and even the device owner(!!) can't access. There is then a shared /sdcard folder which apps must request permission to use (Access device storage). Tiktok is requesting this sdcard folder access and dropping trackers in it. Android does allow you to deny this permission but the app will probably require it to share images (Even though I'm pretty sure android provides a ui for sending images without storage access)
  • htfy96 7y ago
    This would be enforced in the next version of Android IIRC. If you happen to have a rooted device and trust closed-source app you can also try Storage Redirect ( https://rikka.app/storage_redirect/ https://rikka.app/storage_redirect/ )
    • manderley 7y ago
      Can't you simply deny TikTok access to shared storage? This permission has been part of Android for a few years now.