It Turned Out That TikTok Is Tracking iPhone Users

In a news we shared with you a few days ago, we mentioned that the iOS version of Instagram and Facebook violates user privacy. According to the detection of a developer named Felix Krause, Instagram and Facebook built-in browserwas designed to track every button that users touched. Here’s the security breach TikTok also appeared. The browser in TikTok’s iOS application was also secretly tracking the user.

Examining the codes of the TikTok application, Felix Krause said that the most popular social media platform of recent years. the user that you follow Has detected. Allegedly, TikTok developers have integrated a JavaScript code into the browser in the application, thus extending the user’s credit card information to the places he touches on the screen. everything had recorded.

TikTok admitted that this is the case, but…

A TikTok spokesperson, who made a statement to Forbes, said that they added JavaScript code to the internet browser within the application. he accepted. However, according to the spokesperson, this code was not meant to track the user. According to the company, with this JavaScript code, pages were tracked whether they crashed and loading speeds. Purpose of code according to spokesperson debugging and troubleshooting. Of course, it’s your choice whether to believe it or not.

Although TikTok has denied the allegations, as a user own your precaution You can take. In this context; What you need to do is pretty simple. If you have an iPhone and use TikTok, you can open links in Safari, Chrome or any browser you use by copying them instead of opening them in TikTok’s in-app browser. Thus, TikTok cannot track your movements, at least not through the browser.