I wonder if it’s just preloading videos or something?
It doesn’t take that much data to spy on someone, unless they’re sending uncompressed recordings of your friend snoring or something.
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IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 8 months agoI have a friend that uses Tiktok. He has never posted a video on there, just watches crap.
He went to bed one night in August and mentioned that overnight, as he slept, the Tiktok app sent/received 8.6 gbs of data as he slept, the app was closed, screen locked.
I can only imagine what the Tiktok app does if you have a son/daughter with Tiktok on their phone (whether you know or not) and work for a state/federal government.
My friend is a engineer too, still has it installed, not a stupid person by any means (well…). Very unsettling.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 months ago
IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hmm, your statement just made me ponder sort of the opposite…
I wonder if keeps any plans/videos on his phone of sites he has/is worked/working at.
FraidyBear@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Engineering degrees don’t always equal smarts, sometimes it’s just hard work and a talent in math. I worked with a guy who was graduating with a degree in structural engineering and the guy legitimately thought that vaccines caused autism and that the moon landing was faked. I asked him to let me know what bridges he would be working on around the city so I could be sure to avoid them, then I had to have a talk with HR about bullying in the work place lol