A guy on reddit reversed engineered #TikTok
Here’s what he found on the data it collects on you
It’s far worse than just stealing what’s on your clipboard: https://t.co/oqaQyYDXT2
@0x56
I suppose these things could be either malicious or negligent, but it is bad for the end user either way, right?
@voltronic - No, Hanlon's Razor can still cut both ways.
@voltronic
OK, that is beyond creepy.
Side note: My teenagers say they hate Tik-Tok and "nobody" uses it.
I'm not so sure about that, but was glad to hear. Will share this info with them.
@voltronic
P.S They said one of the reasons they don't like it is because it encourages "really bad challenges" (their words) such as a recent George Floyd challenge, in which people re-enact George Floyd's murder. So, yes, it sounds beyond awful.
Depends on what circles you’re in and how the algorithm curates content for you.
My gf has a lot of lgbtq friendly stuff, comedy, and people complaining (rightfully) about working retail or food service pushed to her.
I don’t have it and I’ve been trying to get her off it, but she is dependent on the short format and constant new content as a crutch for depression - stuff like this and Vine and whatnot really tap into ADHD in an addictive way.
@voltronic - ability to load and execute from a zip file... scary, but probably not malicious - probably just a hack *and a bad one at that.
Code that changes when you look at it doesn't exist.
the first 5 bullet points are standard App abilities, used 3rd party libraries and didn't reconfigure correctly. (possibly malicious on the end of the libraries).
Constantly changing keys is weird but not unheard of. More likely, they change the salt or IV each update.
I still won't use it.