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Are TikTok and X tracking you across the internet? Our privacy tool can tell you

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Beep@lemmus.org⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/02/blacklight-update-tiktok-x-twitter/

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  • susi7802@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Anybody still using X and TikTok? Shame on you.

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  • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does a bear shit in the woods?

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    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If it’s like all the wildlife around my neighborhood the answer is no, it ahits in my yard along with the deer, skunk, groundhogs, and every other random animal. Mowing my lawn is disgusting.

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  • redditmademedoit@piefed.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These link only clickbait posts irk me a little. First of all, I’m not going to take the bait. Second, I’m not going to use your ”privacy tool” without understanding it’s upside and having a tentative grasp of what it does and what data it uses. Third, I’m not convinced there are any best practice, privacywise, for using blatantly statesponsored Chinese spyware or that there’s any helping you if you’re still on X.

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    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s mostly an advertisement, but the issue being discussed doesn’t require you to have an account or visit X/TikTok

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  • Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I just assumed that’s the entire reason for phone number collection. Oh, look, this person on FB Messenger is the same on YouTube on Signal on …

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  • whereIsTamara@lemmy.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes

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  • Flaqueman@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Daah

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