I have an old person question. (I'm the old person in this scenario)

I know there are some politics and conspiracies about it,

But if we can put those aside,

Can someone tell me if there’s a legit problem with tiktok?

I really don’t understand and my friend is wanting me to make an account so she can send me some stuff.

I super want to see it,

But I know something is going on there.

Is it okay?

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The app sucks up all kinds of data that it should not be allowed to and continuously sends a stream of encrypted info back to the company’s servers. As a former IT security expert you will never catch me with an app like this on any of my devices. I won’t even click through to their site.

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This is hard to get into without getting into politics and possibly offending some people of different nationalities. I don’t want to try to take it on.

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You can’t change settings to block access?

I don’t have tiktok but annoys the hell out of me when my sister constantly listens to tiktoks at the dinner table when I’m with her.

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I had TikTok for a little while until I did some more research on them.

It spies on your data

No thanks

I quickly deleted it

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You can’t. It is blocked from all corporate devices with my employer because we are technically a financial institution with fiduciary duties to our clients. It has been classed as a high security risk. I.T. will know if you try to install it and you will have an unpleasant conversation with them.

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Thanks everyone.

Didn’t realize.

Sounds too invasive for me.

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I heard a lot tiktok stars uploaded their shorts on YouTube shorts to double dip maybe you could find the creator you want to see their.

tiktok and temu two chinese companies milking the world for its personal data.

i still used both tho lol

That is why India banned TikTok… due to user privacy violation.

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