• @gosling@lemmy.world
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    732 years ago

    I mean, TikTok was already bad to begin with but what did they do to deserve a spot next to Twitter? Did I miss something? Surely they can’t do worse than trying to make their paid only, right?

      • @punseye@lemmy.world
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        122 years ago

        People rightfully call out TikTok as a spyware because of their ties with CCP, but how exactly are other social media giants and big tech any different as they too have ties with the CIA, FBI etc

        • @CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de
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          62 years ago

          Basically, most social media reads out everything that is openly accessible, like cookies, address books and contacts, etc.
          TikTok goes deeper, it has been watched going into protected files, trying to break encryptions (sometimes being successful).

          • @punseye@lemmy.world
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            -62 years ago

            Damn, didn’t know about this, but, what if Big Tech has also been doing this, but with more perfection, without getting caught?

              • Catradora-Stalinism☭
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                12 years ago

                how is it speculative that big tech steals your data. Google, Amazon, microsoft, every single big internet conglomerate sell your data. Its a fact, and is widely reported.

        • Catradora-Stalinism☭
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          12 years ago

          Don’t we have a different tiktok than the Chinese one? There are specifically US folks in charge of the non China Tiktok. Wasn’t one of the security heads a former US state security agent?

      • @bloubz@lemmygrad.ml
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        22 years ago

        Why do you think it’s more spyware than any other big tech mobile app or social media?

        And based on my experience getting hooked so fast into while I didn’t want to touch it, it seems it has the best algorithm. I’m off it now, like all other social media expect for fediverse, but I can testify on this

      • Polar
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        12 years ago

        bans LGBT+ people

        Source? because I follow a ton of LGBTQIA+ people without any issue.

      • @saigot@lemmy.ca
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        02 years ago

        Idk, I find it’s algorithm very easy to control compared to every other social media, its much easy to manipulate. My fyp is full of gay people so idk what you mean by the second statement.