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Here's what I don't get about this.. I've seen all these various claims, and to be frank I did uninstall tiktok just recently as I only enjoyed it for about a w

by mrlala 6y ago

Here's what I don't get about this.. I've seen all these various claims, and to be frank I did uninstall tiktok just recently as I only enjoyed it for about a week or so then lost interest, and there's all this stuff coming up about it.... All these claims I see sound like EVERY SINGLE APP could be doing the same thing. Are both iOS/Android really that exposed that they can just get all of this info without explicitly asking for permission? If they are bypassing shit and recording your mic under the radar.. how the hell would apple/google be letting a billion user+ app be doing this? Something just doesn't pass the smell test here.

buran77 6y ago
Every single app could be doing the same thing. They ask for pretty broad permissions for purportedly innocent reasons but once given that access they can use it for anything they choose. This happens because even tech educated people (as you'd expect on HN) insist that they want to sacrifice privacy if it brings functionality [0]. A regular user is probably completely unaware that this could even be a problem. From their perspective they're just getting cool features for free. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23678303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23678303