Comment on TikTok sues the US government over ban
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months agoWould it be classified as malware? I think people hand over permissions on their smartphone for most or all of those things on a daily basis without a second thought.
The report on the vast extent of data obtained by TikTok was published by an Australian firm called “Internet 2.0” but it’s pay to view. Seems pretty substantial, though, since it hasn’t been debunked in the 2 years since it was published.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lmao. They’re trying to sell a product. They admit on their blog that the reason their score is so high is the trackers. Which are all from other social media companies and an advertiser. Oh and they counted Google Crashlytics.
TIL I learned good app maintenance is considered a red flag.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
If they cared about money they wouldn’t be threatening to shut down rather than sell.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Internet 2.0 is threatening to shut down?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Ah my apologies I thought you meant TikTok when you said “They’re trying to sell a product.” It’s a pretty common defence and misdirection on these sort of posts.
If you don’t trust Internet 2.0 is telling the truth, then how exactly have they evaded defamation lawsuits? Telling lies that negatively impact ByteDance’s operations would be grounds for a lawsuit in all 3 of these countries.