If we say that TikTok is the messing around social network and where fooling around is not only allowed, but it’s almost mandatoryWe all agree, right? What seems to be happening is that the thinking minds behind that platform offer good roll filters and laugh tools. in exchange for something very valuable: our personal data.
Facebook got into trouble a few years ago for share private data of your users with electoral campaign agencies; Instagram confirmed a leak of users and phone numbers. Despite everything, they could be considered online security havens compared to what a Reddit user claims to have discovered about TikTok.
He calls himself Bangorlol and is described as un computer expert with 15 years of experience, and provides a series of data and captures to demonstrate, presumably, that TikTok is not as innocent as it sounds. Summing up a lot, recommends that people don’t use it, because it is very intrusive when it comes to locating tiktokers and accessing their data.
“I am very sure that I understand how this app works”, explains on Reddit. “TikTok is a data collection tool disguised as a social network, and it uses a lot of programs to extract information of all kinds. “And of course, some users have started to wonder if they should have that on their phone or not.
Bangorlol ensures that the platform collects information about the type of phone we have, the mobile number, free memory space, what other applications do we have, the name of the wifi, the ip address, the GPS location … a host of data that It is not known why they want it.
“The scariest thing is that all the code can be configured remotely,” he says to finish. “If you research their tools, the app defends itself by changing its behavior, and in the Android version there are options that allow downloads of zip files with various information. There is no reason for an application to legitimately need that functionality.“.
We are not tech savvy to check what Bangorlol says about TikTok is real, but of course makes us raise an eyebrow suspiciously… You just in case try to limit the personal information on your phone as much as you can. Lest between dance and dance, you share more than you should.
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