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TikTok's privacy policies include the ability to store biometric information. They have been caught bypassing privacy controls on iOS and Android before to coll
by chimeracoder 4y ago
TikTok's privacy policies include the ability to store biometric information. They have been caught bypassing privacy controls on iOS and Android before to collect data that they're not supposed to have access to, and they even settled a lawsuit a couple of years ago for illegally storing data of minors.
- jareklupinski 4y agowhat biometric information? I don't remember tiktok asking me for my fingerprint before I could start watching videos... does it do that now?
- dividedbyzero 4y agoThey could produce some very high-quality facial recognition data, thats biometric as well
- jareklupinski 4y agothat's fair, I denied the app permission to access my camera since I just watch videos on it it would be really helpful for the FCC to explain to content creators why and how their biometric information can be used against them, tiktok is just one of the companies scanning their faces in that regard
- chimeracoder 4y agoTikTok has access to your camera and microphone, and facial recognition and voiceprinting are considered biometric information. You can block the permission in settings, but as explained in the FCC letter, TikTok has a documented pattern of bypassing system permissions and accessing data that they shouldn't actually be able to access (which is malware-like behavior).
- jaywalk 4y agoIf TikTok can actually access the camera and microphone after permission has been denied, then Apple and Google have a much bigger issue on their hands and need to fix that ASAP.
- chimeracoder 4y agoRead the letter. It's talking about past issues. Yes, security exploits are a problem for the platform, but that's no excuse for apps to exploit them maliciously, against the user's knowledge or wishes.