TikTok no worse than Facebook for privacy, says Citizen Lab (although Chinese TikTok is a horror)


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Security TikTok no worse than Facebook for privacy, says Citizen Lab (although Chinese TikTok is a horror) App has common code base for three versions: one global edition; one for south-east Asian; one for China Laura Dobberstein Tue 23 Mar 2021 // 07:58 UTC Share Copy TikTok is likely no more of a threat to users than Facebook, according to an analysis by academic research group Citizen Lab that analyzed the video-sharing social networking service’s app to probe for security, privacy and censorship issues. The report was published online on March 22 by the University of Toronto Lab, which focuses...