Current Events > Researcher reveals TikTok injects keylogger code into links

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"mah keys" indeed

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2022/08/18/tiktok-in-app-browser-research/?sh=3070616d7c55

When TikTok users enter a website through a link on the app, TikTok inserts code that can monitor much of their activity on those outside websites, including their keystrokes and whatever they tap on the page, according to new research shared with Forbes. The tracking would make it possible for TikTok to capture a user's credit card information or password.

"This was an active choice the company made, said Felix Krause, a software researcher based in Vienna, who published a report on his findings Thursday. This is a non-trivial engineering task. This does not happen by mistake or randomly. Krause is the founder of Fastlane, a service for testing and deploying apps, which Google acquired five years ago.

:pika:

So just dont go to websites via tiktok

and winnie scoffed burgessly

Who gaf?
Why do people care? People will say they're okay with strangers recording each other in public without consent because "it's public!" but they care about an app with 9-10 figures of users knowing they watched Pornhub or looked up a recipe -- as if they're special?

bobbaaay posted...

Who gaf?
Why do people care? People will say they're okay with strangers recording each other in public without consent because "it's public!" but they care about an app with 9-10 figures of users knowing they watched Pornhub or looked up a recipe -- as if they're special?

Yikes x1000

bobbaaay posted...

Who gaf?
Why do people care? People will say they're okay with strangers recording each other in public without consent because "it's public!" but they care about an app with 9-10 figures of users knowing they watched Pornhub or looked up a recipe -- as if they're special?

Having your password and user ID compromised or cc info stolen is generally considered a bad thing

bobbaaay posted...

Who gaf?
Why do people care? People will say they're okay with strangers recording each other in public without consent because "it's public!" but they care about an app with 9-10 figures of users knowing they watched Pornhub or looked up a recipe -- as if they're special?

lmao

M_Live posted...

I'll just continue not using tik tok

This

But seriously though what the goddamn fuck

Its wild how there was a big thing about TikTok being Chinese spyware, many reports of privacy concerns over the years, but people just dont care

Can we even do anything about this since its located in china. They like spy on there citizens like 24/7 right?

uwnim posted...

Having your password and user ID compromised or cc info stolen is generally considered a bad thing

Because a big corporation needs your cc information?
laughing MY fucking ass off.

This topic is now about seeing how many more bad takes we can squeeze out of this guy

Naysaspace posted...

Yikes x1000

It must be tough getting along in this world thinking an app with literal hundreds of millions of users thinks your credit card information would be important enough to take -- since you know, your 10k or whatever is in your bank is such a big drop in their bucket

bobbaaay posted...

It must be tough getting along in this world thinking an app with literal hundreds of millions of users thinks your credit card information would be important enough to take -- since you know, your 10k or whatever is in your bank is such a big drop in their bucket

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/3/7/AACLAQAADlIp.png

1 billion times $10k in your example leads to potential of $10 trillion of dollars to steal. i think, ltos of zeroes

So, then, since it's fine for a bunch of people to have your information, maybe you should put your money where your mouth is and post your social security info, address, full legal name, and mother's maiden name itt.

Or perhaps you're just bullshitting about being blase about information security.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

This topic is now about seeing how many more bad takes we can squeeze out of this guy

I have him tagged as something I can't say on gamefaqs so I can't imagine how that happened