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Eh, my understanding was the TikTok app collected more and different data than say, Facebook or Twitter.
by Zetice 3y ago
Eh, my understanding was the TikTok app collected more and different data than say, Facebook or Twitter.
- hedora 3y agoI doubt they get more info than Facebook. The last time I logged in to Facebook, it was to lock down the teacking settings. I found out that GM had sold our onstar info to them without my knowledge or consent. Facebook definitely builds shadow profiles, so they have such info on you regardless of whether you have an account.
- Zetice 3y agoAm I misremembering this? I thought a malware researcher reverse engineered the iOS app and said it was uniquely bad, or something to that effect. I can’t find the link, maybe I’m crazy…
- hot_gril 3y agoIt was uniquely bad in that it didn't encrypt video in transit. It'd just send stuff over plain HTTP, making it very easy for snoopers to tell what you're watching or maybe mitm. More of a security thing than a privacy thing. Vaguely remember this: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/security-researchers-take-advantage-of-insecure-http-to-display-fake-videos-on-tiktok.2231502/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/security-researchers-ta...
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> Eh, my understanding was the TikTok app collected more and different data than say, Facebook or Twitter. Whatever data you think is being collected by TikTok/FB/Twit is actually being harvested for data brokers and being sold to anyone+everyone who wants to pay. Why could the CCCP do some complicated dance with social media companies to get spotty personal data, when they can easily buy comprehensive personal data on the unregulated market?
- Zetice 3y agoIf you're the CCCP, I think you do both, especially if Americans will just install the malware for you, doubly especially if they'll actively fight their own government when it tries to warn them about the risks.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoThat doesn't seem to be nearly the risk as what we have now - US data brokers providing unfettered access to personal data.
- Zetice 3y agoIt's not really personal data if you consent to providing it, is it?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoNo, it is not. Public data are the details I post in a public forum. Everything else is best considered private and ought only to be distributed upon my clear, intentionally informed consent.