Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is at the top of the list when it comes to collecting data on their users, a joint US and Australia cyber security organization reported last week.
On February 13, Internet 2.0’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered project called Malcore identified the rankings of each major social media site, finding that TikTok tops any other comparable platform in the industry when it comes to collecting personal information. According to Malcore’s analytics, the Chinese app got 63.1 points, the “worst” score. “This was the highest (worst) score relative to all other applications we tested,” the announcement from Malcore reads. “TikTok got this score because it had 9 trackers and a lot of permissions and code severity warnings.”
The only platform that was ranked closely to the popular video app was VK, a Russian app that is globally banned from the Apple Store. The “industry standard,” for […]
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