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The controversy around TikTok continues: the application is questioned and banned by the authorities of different countries, but mainly from USA.
This even led to the possibility that tik tak be vetoed by the United States.
Chinese origin tik takproperty bytedance and the alleged intensive data collection are the main arguments in favor of this offensive.
TikTok: what data does it actually collect?
Security Consultant Pradeo analyzed tik tak. This is the data it collects.
- Geolocation.
- Identification data: name, email address, physical addresses, phone number, age range, date of birth.
- Messages.
- Photo and video.
- Audio.
- Contact list.
- browser history.
- Information to identify the device.
Pradeo indicates that this information is being collected tik tak and sent to their servers in the US and Singapore. Then the employees of bytedance they can access it from Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.
Is TikTok a Leak?
Pradeo believes that tik tak collects a lot of personal data that is not necessary for its operation. This a leaknew definition, recently coined.
“The results of our analysis are clear: tik tak collects a lot of personal data that is not necessary for its operation. By definition, these are places tik tak in category Leaksalso known as Greyware. The term refers to apps that collect their users’ data in bulk and send it from their devices. For the first time this year Gartner included the concept Leaks in its Market Guide for Mobile Threat Protection,” points out Pradeo.
Source: RPP
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