{"id":6381,"date":"2022-07-19T07:39:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T05:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/19\/tiktok-has-been-accused-of-aggressive-data-harvesting-is-your-information-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T05:39:14","slug":"tiktok-has-been-accused-of-aggressive-data-harvesting-is-your-information-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/19\/tiktok-has-been-accused-of-aggressive-data-harvesting-is-your-information-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok has been accused of \u2018aggressive\u2019 data harvesting. Is your information at risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the video app have been warned about its data practices and links to China. Can you keep your details safe?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free news app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning email briefing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cybersecurity experts have warned Australian TikTok users that the Chinese government could use the app to harvest personal information, from in-app messages with friends to precise device locations.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings follow a <a href=\"https:\/\/internet2-0.com\/whitepaper\/its-their-word-against-their-source-code-tiktok-report\/\">report<\/a> by Australian-US cybersecurity firm <a href=\"https:\/\/internet2-0.com\/whitepaper\/its-their-word-against-their-source-code-tiktok-report\/\">Internet 2.0<\/a>, which found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnbbrandon\/2022\/04\/28\/one-reason-tiktok-is-the-most-popular-social-media-app-of-the-year-so-far\/?sh=5951230141ed\">most popular social media app<\/a> of the year collects \u201cexcessive\u201d amounts of information from its users.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jul\/19\/tiktok-has-been-accused-of-aggressive-data-harvesting-is-your-information-at-risk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1440efea1cdabecf06b46bf688e77a2e473a1663\/0_200_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6abc74ab2a5bfec0a66606ed7593c214\" title=\"TikTok has been accused of \u2018aggressive\u2019 data harvesting. Is your information at risk?\" \/>Users of the video app have been warned about its data practices and links to China. Can you keep your details safe?<br \/>\nGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast<br \/>\nCybersecurity experts have warned Australian TikTok users that the Chinese government could use the app to harvest personal information, from in-app messages with friends to precise device locations.<br \/>\nThe warnings follow a report by Australian-US cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0, which found the most popular social media app of the year collects \u201cexcessive\u201d amounts of information from its users. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the video app have been warned about its data practices and links to China. Can you keep your details safe? Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Cybersecurity experts have warned Australian TikTok users that the Chinese government could use the app to harvest personal information, from in-app &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/19\/tiktok-has-been-accused-of-aggressive-data-harvesting-is-your-information-at-risk\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok has been accused of \u2018aggressive\u2019 data harvesting. 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