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How do you spy on users of social media? Are we talking surreptitiously getting access to cameras/microphone or just getting data on user behavior? The former i

How do you spy on users of social media? Are we talking surreptitiously getting access to cameras/microphone or just getting data on user behavior? The former is obviously a major issue, but the latter can be obtained by anyone because tracking for ads is so ubiquitous and China can just pay to get it.

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dleeftink 3y ago
Quite a few ways, whether through device/session fingerprinting [1], in-app browser keystroke tracking [2], frequent third-party post requests [3], individiual app usage patterns [4], geo-tracking [5], dark-patterned user onboarding [6] and continual facial recognition [7]. A canary blog series kicked off by the company itself is worth keeping an eye on to see the 'myths' they want to debunk most scrupously (such as keytracking)[8]. [1]: https://www.nullpt.rs/reverse-engineering-tiktok-vm-1 https://www.nullpt.rs/reverse-engineering-tiktok-vm-1 [2]: https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-wha... [3]: https://app.urlgeni.us/blog/new-research-across-200-ios-apps-hints-surveillance-marketing-may-still-be-going-strong https://app.urlgeni.us/blog/new-research-across-200-ios-apps... [4]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/media/tiktok-algorithm.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/media/tiktok-alg... [5]: https://www.afr.com/technology/tiktok-admits-collecting-location-data-20230309-p5cqo8 https://www.afr.com/technology/tiktok-admits-collecting-loca... [6]: https://au.reset.tech/uploads/resettechaustralia_policymemo_tiktok_final_online.pdf https://au.reset.tech/uploads/resettechaustralia_policymemo_... [7]: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971460327/tiktok-to-pay-92-million-to-settle-class-action-suit-over-theft-of-personal-data https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971460327/tiktok-to-pay-92-mi... [8]: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-truths-a-new-series-on-our-privacy-and-data-security-practices https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-truths-a-new-series...
- pixelatedindex 3y ago
  Thank you, this is insightful.

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Quite a few ways, whether through device/session fingerprinting [1], in-app browser keystroke tracking [2], frequent third-party post requests [3], individiual app usage patterns [4], geo-tracking [5], dark-patterned user onboarding [6] and continual facial recognition [7]. A canary blog series kicked off by the company itself is worth keeping an eye on to see the 'myths' they want to debunk most scrupously (such as keytracking)[8]. [1]: https://www.nullpt.rs/reverse-engineering-tiktok-vm-1 https://www.nullpt.rs/reverse-engineering-tiktok-vm-1 [2]: https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-wha... [3]: https://app.urlgeni.us/blog/new-research-across-200-ios-apps-hints-surveillance-marketing-may-still-be-going-strong https://app.urlgeni.us/blog/new-research-across-200-ios-apps... [4]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/media/tiktok-algorithm.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/media/tiktok-alg... [5]: https://www.afr.com/technology/tiktok-admits-collecting-location-data-20230309-p5cqo8 https://www.afr.com/technology/tiktok-admits-collecting-loca... [6]: https://au.reset.tech/uploads/resettechaustralia_policymemo_tiktok_final_online.pdf https://au.reset.tech/uploads/resettechaustralia_policymemo_... [7]: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971460327/tiktok-to-pay-92-million-to-settle-class-action-suit-over-theft-of-personal-data https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971460327/tiktok-to-pay-92-mi... [8]: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-truths-a-new-series-on-our-privacy-and-data-security-practices https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-truths-a-new-series...

pixelatedindex 3y ago
Thank you, this is insightful.