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Isn't camera access something that needs to be explicitly granted through the mobile OS? By default TikTok requires no permissions and doesn't even ask for a p
by kanox 6y ago
Isn't camera access something that needs to be explicitly granted through the mobile OS?
By default TikTok requires no permissions and doesn't even ask for a phone number to register.
- djeiasbsbo 6y agoWell, the user can only control the bare minimum by default. On first launch (on Android), TikTok also reads the Sim Country Iso, a list of the available sensors, the network operator (ISP), a list of installed applications, the wifi BSSID and the Android ID. It is kind of easy to build a user data profile on Android because the user doesn't even know that all of these datapoints can be gathered without any permissions. The actual implememtation of the permission system really is more "for show" imo.