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TikTok Funnelling “Excessive” Amounts Of User Data To China

July 18, 2022
Source: channelnews.com.au channelnews.com.au
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Social media app TikTok has been found to collect “excessive” amounts of user data, according to a new study of the app’s source code. Canberra-based cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0 delivered a shocking white paper, which has been sent to Australian and US lawmakers. The study found that TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is constantly tracking user location, accessing user contacts, maps all running and installed apps, calendars and external storage. TikTok recently admitted that certain staffers in China can access all this data. While Australian staff at TikTok have vehemently denied they would ever hand over private...
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