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The Age of Social Media Is Changing and Entering a Less Toxic Era (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I 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.

Very unsettling.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years 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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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