“It’s not any worse or any better than what Facebook, Google and thousands of apps are doing already,” Cyjax CISO Ian Thornton-Trump tells me.
Does that mean you are being spied upon, that your data is being compromised, putting you at risk-no, at least not any more onerously than with U.S. And while the data might seem intrusive, it’s the same with Facebook and Google and countless other apps that you give permission to tap the data on your device.ĭoes that mean TikTok is sending your data back to China-no. TikTok captures data as you use the app, it is brilliantly positioned to infer your likes and dislikes, friends, pastimes, consumer behavior, locations, even patterns of life. Second, TikTok is a social media platform-you don’t need me to tell you that social media and data privacy are somewhat contradictory. In this case, blame the players, rather than the game.” Yes, it comes with risk, but it's no worse than any of the myriad other social networking communities. “It’s no more than the usual bluster over a new app designed to help people connect. “I'm yet to see a documented, material threat,” security expert Mike Thompson tells.
