• ysjet@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As a network engineer, so many of the arguments for why tiktok is terrible are dismissed because of xenophobia. It’s unreal, because it is blatantly obvious that it is just absolutely rummaging through your phone for every last bit of information it can steal about you.

    I don’t care what nationality the people are that are receiving it, there is no excuse for that shit and you need to get off tiktok.

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        9 months ago

        From a network engineer perspective, facebook is probably more effective at stealing data, but steals ‘less’ (still a crapload) data than tiktok (seriously, you would not fucking BELIEVE how much data tiktok constantly sends to the servers). Plus, of course, all the data you give facebook, facebook gets. That said, it’s sort of 6 of one, half dozen of another- just because tiktok can’t find an actual use for some of the data it’s got, doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t later.

        Twitter’s app doesn’t actually steal/exfiltrate all that much data, believe it or not. Most of their trackers and analytics are focused on your use of twitter itself. It’s still ran by a psychopathic manchild, however, and they are still, in my opinion, stealing data from you.

        Personally, my home wifi has all three blocked via DNS. None of them get my data.

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        9 months ago

        One is run by a psycho, the other by a guy who needs to get off the ketamine and find his big boy pants.

        Now seriously: FB is more insidious in its tracking and targeted profiling (lawful evil). Twitter is just negligent and deliberately letting the crazies roam free (chaotic evil).