If you must use it, put it in your android work profile using island or similar, and run the apk through revanced first. Christ it's bad for you in every way though. Please don't use it.
I don't have to, fortunately. Just decided to check if it's as bad as I thought it was (it's way worse)
Or better yet, use tiktok in your web browser. It has far fewer permissions and access to your system because of the browser sandbox and how the web is built.
That's why companies constantly push users to download the app while using the web app, because they can track users more effectively (Android's sandbox is shit and allows apps to fingerprint users very easily).
Better yet. https://github.com/MarsHeer/offtiktok
I think it only works for following specific people though. Maybe need to self host for the whole thing it to work.
Just asked in another comment a few seconds ago. But why is duck duck go not kosher?
There's an app in your tracker
That was the big controversy about TikTok right from the beginning.
In other news: 1 + 1 = 2.
In other news: 1 + 1 = 2.
This statement is inappropriate and offensive toward the glorious CCP
Duck Duck Go browser can set up a local VPN on your phone (doesn't connect anywhere) that blocks the telemetry and tracking attempts before they go out.
I just got massively ratio'd by suggesting duck duck go here a week or two ago.
Do you know why people hate it? It's my go to in all honesty.
Me too. I break out to google with a !g when necessary, which is maybe 1/3 of the time depending on the subject (maps, technical)
They push ai and only proxy bing result.
Tracker control does similar per app. And you can allow certain categories or domains through to the the minimal needed for the app to function.
How does these kind off trackers scanners work - if the thing that they are given as input is an apk?
Surely these APKs don't want to broadcast publicly all their tracking partners, and would just bury tracking requests deep inside the code.
Are tracking scanners really sophisticated disassemblers?
App manager in particular uses a list of known tracking activities/services/etc, as far as I understand: https://muntashir.dev/AppManager/en/#subsec:faq:how-trackers-libs-updated
I have no idea but they list which trackers are used specifically like firebase, analytics etc
They look for imported tracking SDKs, URLs, template code blocks, etc.
Wait are we talking about the trackers or the fact that they renamed the pedo-infested app Musically to TikTok because of its infamy?
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