Tiktok stolen Data from user?
Recently, TikTok app was found to have stolen very sensitive user data from the iPhone’s clipboard. TikTok deactivated this “feature” as soon as the user’s clipboard data was illegally stolen.
Until recently, Tiktok did not use HTTPS on its servers. HTTPS is currently the most commonly used Internet protocol. The hackers were able to leak the user’s email addresses because TikTok used the HTTP REST API instead of HTTPS. By doing so, hackers were able to view users’ content, upload new videos, and even delete existing videos.
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Amid similar security concerns over Tiktok, an engineer on the Reddit platform has revealed how Tiktok has misused user information. He has urged not to use and not to allow his family to use the it. According to him, It keeps the following user information with it:
- Smartphone hardware information – such as processor, hardware ID, memory, storage, screen size, etc.
- User address by turning on GPS every 30 seconds
- Complete information about your network – IP address, local IP address, MAC address, WiFi name, etc.
- The smartphone is not jailbroken or rooted
- which apps installed on the smartphone
Not only this, with the help of this app you can control most of the features of the app from your server. This app continues to download files that trigger new tracking features from TikTok’s servers. He (the engineer) says that the app does not have to do this to do any legitimate work.
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He also revealed that Tiktok has already decided which user’s video will go viral and which user’s video will not go viral. A few months ago, it also banned videos of disabled and obese people from going viral.
According to him, it always makes the first video of the user go viral with a lot of likes.
By doing this, it has kept 10-12 year old children and 40-50 year old adults in one place. The app also includes a feature that allows these adults to send messages directly to 10-12 year olds, which has recently been removed by It. But there is no ban on making duet videos. He also revealed that it can lead to pedophilia in young children.
Social networks and websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, etc. have been stealing user data, but according to him, no other social network has been using user data in such an unethical way.
In the end, he urged not to use and to keep away from the it, especially small children.
TikTok’s activities of stealing and misusing sensitive user data have not been stopped yet and there is no decision on when it will be stopped.