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TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Has anyone actually looked at their network traffic whilst TikTok is running? I've already isolated my partners phone because it's so bad.

I am against blocking shit online but since it's being done against my will at least it's that shit hole.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    I've worked in mobile development before. We hide the traffic by batching it, sending it through i.e. Google Play Services (so it looks like Google traffic), or simply sending it all to a relay server so it doesn't look diverse. In any case, all your apps are doing this, and the ones that want to hide it, can.

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

    first they came for the tiktok but only the person closest to me in the world used it so fuck it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tik Tok likely isn't going anywhere, they'll sell to someone able to keep it up and running. The Tik Tok allowed in China isn't the same one, so they don't have to worry about data being pulled from their citizens.

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

    TikTok is a weaponized social media platform.

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