Submitted 2 weeks ago by TRAHR@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-grindr-activity-claim/
I wish I could packet sniff or monitor what apps are doing what on my phone. If I install a calculator, I only want it to math some numbers, not harvest data from me.
Apple is supposed to mention this in the App Store but even then it’s just a tag on an app and there’s no more details.
I know you’re on iOS but for anyone else who’s on Android, TrackerControl is a great easy to use app for this purpose
But for iOS OP, maybe AdGuard would help?
Anytime you download an app, by default ir has permission to use your Cellular Data and WiFi and indexed by Siri. Best you can do is void all those and not give it any unnecessary permissions
If you have enough data (like 50+GB), try to keep WiFi off and use only cellular and disable the apps celllular oermission in the Cellular section in Settings
Doesn’t DuckDuckGo offer a subscription service that monitors/blocks those requests?
You can. PersonalDNSfilter on f droid. Its great. And scary.
You cant install anything on android without it asking you for permissions.
Stop using apple and you will have slightly more control.
You can’t deny any of those.
Don’t use Tiktok. But also, don’t use any social media run by large corporations. You’re better than that.
Also I really wish someone would start a non-profit driven dating/hookup app. Grindr is a perfect example of full enshittification, keeping users on the platform as long as possible, needing paid accounts to do anything at all. The world is in a loneliness crisis, we could be using this tech to actually fix it, instead the tech exacerbates the problem to get ad views.
Alas, laws are coming into place where large, centralized, social media platforms will be the only ones able to operate within the law.
Yikes! Glad I never used TikTok
a little reminder that trump’s bringing in a lot of reactionary doom and gloom, and the solution is revolutionary optimism. seriously!
The Internet is bad.
Careful now, these people LOVE their digital heroin
TikTok literally checking up your ass at this point
at this point, we need to organize. seriously!
Soon this data will be collected by far-right oligarchs like Larry Ellison through Oracle. We really need a huge push to urge everyone to stop using TikTok.
Soon this data will be collected by far-right oligarchs like Larry Ellison through Oracle.
And maybe the Chinese and Russian governments, too, paying top dollar through a bunch of cutouts.
what would lenin do?
what would lenin do?
Completely go against the basic ideas of Marxism, seize power, and purge the actual communists who disagree with you?
Even worse.
In this day and age with greedy billionaires everywhere doing a bunch of heinous bullshit just assume you are being watched all of the time.
FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 2 weeks ago
People should stop using these ad and tracking apps disguised as some useful app.
m33@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
TT is not a useful application, it’s a mental sickness virus. It leads to hate and self harm.
SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
To be more honest:
Tiktok is actually very useful to find
However, it also has huge amounts of
and it’s usage has negative effects on brain such as:
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So is grindr. Most dehumanizing app ever, so manipulative and full of ads.