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If you try installing TikTok on a Samsung Android device inside Secure Folder, your account will get banned pretty quickly. Same for WeChat, too.
by tim-- 7y ago
If you try installing TikTok on a Samsung Android device inside Secure Folder, your account will get banned pretty quickly. Same for WeChat, too.
- stevewodil 7y agoWhy?
- tim-- 7y agoI'm not sure, there was a ban screen that showed up, saying that I was using unofficial software to log into my account, and required a self-service unblock process to be completed, which included getting a number of WeChat users to verify/vouch for my account. The specific reason given by WeChat was that I was using an Android emulator (such as Andy or Youwave) and was sent to this page[0] [0] https://help.wechat.com/cgi-bin/micromsg-bin/oshelpcenter?t=help_center/topic_detail&opcode=2&lang=en&plat=android&id=120813euejvf150504mfan7b https://help.wechat.com/cgi-bin/micromsg-bin/oshelpcenter?t=...
- seppin 7y agoIt's a more efficient way of tracking you, and banning.
- Avamander 7y agoIf it's sandboxed then it can track the user less, they claim it's anti-spam but anti-spam can be done without such extreme measures. Same problem with spyware Snapchat.
- hprotagonist 7y agohow reassuring!
- Paraesthetic 7y agoWell, the chinese do hate the Koreans
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI'm pretty sure WeChat is up to a ton of shady stuff that will probably eventually come out. Chinese government involvement combined with the level of permissions it asks for screams bad things to me.