3 ms·
But even if it is native (putting aside that if TikTok is trying to steal a password they would make it look native, and that tbh. that is somewhat unlikely) th
by dathinab 3y ago
But even if it is native (putting aside that if TikTok is trying to steal a password they would make it look native, and that tbh. that is somewhat unlikely) there is still one problem.
What is TikTok doing which triggers the OS to prompt the user for a password?
There is some chance that it's something harmless (idk. wield speculative maybe possibility: something like they use some form of passkey API from apple to do client authentication and that API had some changes where it now ask for the password in some situation).
There are many more (but unlikely) possibilities where TikTok is doing something bad or outright nefarious. But lets be honest if TikTok is intentionally doing something bad they are quite subtle about it, as not doing so would likely cause more harm for them then it does good.
But we know TikTok has in the past multiple times done things which would have gotten a "normal" app developer perm-banned due to a breach of the App stores Terms of Service in a intentional consumer harming way, so it is concerning even if they most most likely don't steal your passwords.