• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    You’re still not understanding what is being talked about.

    Here is the situation being talked about:

    • You open TikTok on your phone
    • There is a link to a site within the app
    • You open the site, it opens inside the TikTok app
    • You put information into the site
    • TikTok now has that information

    At no point is anyone claiming it’s unavoidable, or spread on countless websites. It’s the app that’s the issue, it’s the app that doing the keylogging.

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Someone shared they are pushing malware JS via https://netseer-ipaddr-assoc.xy.fbcdn.net, so one of them is incomparably horrific.

      If I am opening TikTok in a browser, I do not have much to worry about. It can keylog what I search for or comment in TikTok, nothing else. And this is in-app, NOT if Tiktok is used in-browser. On the other hand, I have to block off Facebook domains on system HOSTS level to keep myself safe from malware.

      You are wanting to put TikTok in an isolated perspective, while I am pitting it against Facebook, since it is about JS/in-app keylogging tactics, and I am discussing the scope of both services.