• punseye@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People rightfully call out TikTok as a spyware because of their ties with CCP, but how exactly are other social media giants and big tech any different as they too have ties with the CIA, FBI etc

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      1 year ago

      Basically, most social media reads out everything that is openly accessible, like cookies, address books and contacts, etc.
      TikTok goes deeper, it has been watched going into protected files, trying to break encryptions (sometimes being successful).

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        1 year ago

        Damn, didn’t know about this, but, what if Big Tech has also been doing this, but with more perfection, without getting caught?