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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·6 months agoI mean, if that’s the question you want answered… X uses a native browser controller when you open a link, so the app can’t see what you do in there. Whereas TikTok uses a managed webview… which they have been caught injecting keyloggers into. Back in the olden days, we called this a cross-site scripting attack.
minus-squarePoxlox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoFinally a reasonable answer that isnt propaganda or stupidity
I mean, if that’s the question you want answered…
X uses a native browser controller when you open a link, so the app can’t see what you do in there.
Whereas TikTok uses a managed webview… which they have been caught injecting keyloggers into.
Back in the olden days, we called this a cross-site scripting attack.
Finally a reasonable answer that isnt propaganda or stupidity