Because Tik Tok takes data collection to a whole new level. It uses this, and every other trick in the book. And that matters because it's not clear that this

Because Tik Tok takes data collection to a whole new level. It uses this, and every other trick in the book. And that matters because it's not clear that this data will be constrained to the activities of sending me extremely targeted advertising. Now we can have a reasonable debate about that, but this has a new level of concern. As a Chinese app, how do I know the Chinese government will not use me as an unknowing participant in a future cyberwar? One thing Tik Tok does is collect a pretty exhaustive list apps installed on my phone. That could be used for identifying vulnerabilities they could potentially exploit.