Tiktok addresses security concerns
Social media platform Tiktok has attempted to dispel concerns around how it accesses and uses its users’ data after it was revealed that the platform had access to the data stored on device clipboards.
Since the launch of iOS 14 early last week, users of a number of popular apps were being notified when their clipboard was being accessed. Tiktok users received a notification whenever they began typing in a text field on the app.
Okay so TikTok is grabbing the contents of my clipboard every 1-3 keystrokes. iOS 14 is snitching on it with the new paste notification pic.twitter.com/OSXP43t5SZ
— Jeremy Burge (@jeremyburge) June 24, 2020
This is not even the tip of the iceberg for Tik-tok. The app is basically an espionage tool, masked as a social media network. There is a lot of research around the internet that’s worth looking into e.g. : https://penetrum.com/tiktok/Penetrum_TikTok_Security_Analysis_whitepaper.pdf
…but Tic Tok is a 3rd party company when using data or content from – in this case – Instagram…
I really don’t see the value in this platform for brands. It’s the new shiny toys on the shelf but has already proven to be untrustworthy on multiple occasions when it comes to utilising user data in-line with privacy laws. India has some of the most advanced developers in the world so the fact that their government has banned the app all together is saying something.
Gandhi’s quote said it all…
“Further if we are requested to in the future we would not do so.”
Meaning they will continue to be dodgy with user data in the future unless told not to.
Full quote below:
“TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and has not shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese government. Further if we are requested to in the future we would not do so. We place the highest importance on user privacy and integrity,” Gandhi says.
Wonder what the guys who set up the first local TikTok creative agency have to say about it…
Not convinced. I am a fan of the content but have deleted the app.