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Good. Now do TikTok since we all know that is just as bad as Meta for their privacy violations as well.

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• coldpie 3y ago
  Is it? Does Tiktok track everything you do across the entire Internet, like Facebook and Google do? They might, I don't know, but I haven't seen "tiktok.com" in my NoScript list on 90% of websites like I have FB and Google.
  • _chu1 3y ago
    Just your phone. Open TikTok on iOS and it will for sure try to access your location, clipboard or whatever weird crap people will just click "OK" or "Allow" on.
    • coldpie 3y ago
      That doesn't seem anywhere near equivalent to Google & Facebook's privacy issues. They stalk literally everyone over the entire Internet. I don't have Tiktok on my phone (or at all) so I'm pretty sure they're not stalking me. So I disagree with the OP, Tiktok's privacy violations are not as bad as Facebook's.
    • Hamuko 3y ago
      What if I don't have TikTok installed and never have?
      • notyourwork 3y ago
        You’re a contact in someone else’s profile who has you in their contact list.
        • iakov 3y ago
          Still not an equivalent to what Google and Meta are doing. Google and Meta are everywhere on the internet. Google controls the most popular browser. The volume of data that those two harvest is absurd.
          • notyourwork 3y ago
            My comment has nothing to do with severity or extent of tracking. I am highlighting OPs surface area of risk, given their exclusion from using Tiktok.
    • doix 3y ago
      I guess the difference is, if you don't install or use TikTok they don't track you. Whereas with FB, rven if you don't have a FB account, they still track you across the Internet.
    • Nextgrid 3y ago
      It's one thing if you actively use the service. One could even argue that this might be the payment for using the service (I don't agree with that argument, but it has some merit at least). The problem with Facebook and Google is that they've got their spyware littered across most websites and third-party apps, so you get stalked even if you do not use FB/Google nor ever read/agreed to their ToS/privacy policy.
    • ipaddr 3y ago
      Why do you use tiktok on a phone and expect privacy. Your phone spys on you.
      • _chu1 3y ago
        When I live alone I'm planning to drop a cell phone all together and just run a desk phone. If I'm not home leave a message.
    • kevan 3y ago
      https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/privacy/tiktok-tracks-you-across-the-web-even-if-you-dont-use-app-a4383537813/ https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/privac...
  • bryan_w 3y ago
    But to be clear, Tiktok does have a tracking pixel for their ads program
    • deely3 3y ago
      As opposed to?..
• uncletammy 3y ago
  TikTok trackers aren't built into my phone's operating system.
  • josephcsible 3y ago
    Yes they are: https://screenrant.com/tiktok-essential-app-samsung-install/ https://screenrant.com/tiktok-essential-app-samsung-install/
    • maratc 3y ago
      No, that's not my phone's operating system. (But it also hints to why.)