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TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by Google – The Wall Street Journal
The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Googles Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out, a Wall Street Journal analysis has found.
The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies limiting how apps track people and wasnt disclosed to TikTok users. TikTok ended the …
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