Just going to link this here about India banning #tiktok
https://twitter.com/zeenewsenglish/status/1277623927569670144?s=21 …https://twitter.com/ZeeNewsEnglish/status/1277623927569670144 …
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A guy on reddit reversed engineered #TikTok
Here’s what he found on the data it collects on you
It’s far worse than just stealing what’s on your clipboard:pic.twitter.com/oqaQyYDXT2
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Link to original reddit post:https://reddit.com/r/videos/comments/fxgi06/_/fmuko1m/?context=1 …
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Here’s the Penetrum research link (should be the fifth link down): https://penetrum.com/research
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The Zimperium Application analysis of Tik Tok: "iOS rates 98/100 for privacy and 64/100 for security [risk]. Android is 79/100 for privacy and 82/100 for security [risk]."https://blog.zimperium.com/zimperium-analyzes-tiktoks-security-and-privacy-risks/ …
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Here's a decent write up of what all of this "Security risk mumbo jumbo" could mean:pic.twitter.com/KHyyYlfXyB
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Adding this response to the thread from
@wbm312 (Whitney Merrill), a privacy and Infosec lawyer, who’s well educated in the subject matterhttps://twitter.com/wbm312/status/1277781594174971904?s=21 …Show this thread -
Adding a video where the twitter user has iOS 14 beta He’s recording how, as he types, every 1-3 characters later,
#TikTok is “pastin” whatever is on his clipboard somewhere Please read his analysis thread, this is also scary if truly nefarious: https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1275832600146391042?s=21 … https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1275832600146391042 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
Someone tweeted at me a recording of the various IP connections that Tik Tok uses on his android device using a firewall app I’m going to add it to the thread in case someone wants to do more research or test the findings for themselves: https://twitter.com/yungdubs/status/1278358144163418113?s=21 …https://twitter.com/yungdubs/status/1278358144163418113 …
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Forbes magazine article regarding this situation “Anonymous Targets TikTok: Delete this ‘Chinese spyware’ now”https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/07/01/anonymous-targets-tiktok-delete-this-chinese-spyware-now/ …
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There’s been a lot of talk about the US military banning soldiers from using
#TikTok This was per the guidance of the pentagon This is an old article, but I’m linking it for transparencyhttps://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/12/30/army-follows-pentagon-guidance-bans-chinese-owned-tiktok-app.html …Show this thread -
Adding an article from inCyberdefense discussing
#tiktok, tweeted by@YourAnonCentral, for transperancy to this continued threadhttps://twitter.com/youranoncentral/status/1278411143266971648?s=21 …Show this thread -
this is not
#tiktok but it’s linked in, performing the same clipboard copying behavior This is part of the social media apps privacy concerns, so I’m adding it to spread awareness See below
https://twitter.com/doncubed/status/1278757106468806656?s=21 …https://twitter.com/m0nald/status/1278757106468806656 …
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Adding the following tweet regarding the US looking into banning
#TikTok per@SecPompeo https://twitter.com/jmhansler/status/1280337007248629760?s=21 …https://twitter.com/jmhansler/status/1280337007248629760 …Show this thread -
Also found this thread that links a number of articles, including Australia looking into banning
#tiktok https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1279917262682697729?s=21 …https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1279917262682697729 …Show this thread -
Here’s the
@CNN article regarding the US banning#TikTok and Chinese apps “The United States is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says” Adding to the threadhttps://cnn.it/2C8vctIShow this thread -
Adding the updated Zimperium article to the thread On their latest analysis, of the updated versions of
#TikTok (since the analysis was 1st ran, the app has been updated many times), it shows: Android security & privacy numbers dipped vs iOS which rose https://twitter.com/zimperium/status/1281205038371819523?s=21 …https://twitter.com/ZIMPERIUM/status/1281205038371819523 …
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Linking an article which states that
#Amazon is making their employees delete#TikTok from their phones Citing: security risks$AMZN employs 500,000 employees in the United Stateshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/tiktok-amazon-security-risk.html?smid=tw-share …Show this thread -
So
@PenetrumSec did a follow up security analysis of#tiktok Linking to the thread It’s a 673 page analysis which can be found here, in PDF format: https://penetrum.com/tiktok/follow_up_analysis.pdf …Show this thread -
Bloomberg is reporting that Wells Fargo has told all employees to remove
#tiktok from their phones Article belowhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-11/wells-fargo-tells-workers-to-remove-tiktok-app-from-work-phones …Show this thread -
The OP of the original reddit post has created an update (added the screenshot) He is now enlisting members to assist and aid in the reverse engineering of
#tiktok since his original post got so much attention The reddit project is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tiktok_reversing/ …pic.twitter.com/FZ68am5Qez
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Adding another tweet from
@PenetrumSec in regards to a lot of replies that I’ve seen as well: “Why is this so bad if all other apps do it?” https://twitter.com/penetrumsec/status/1283499159211958273?s=21 …https://twitter.com/PenetrumSec/status/1283499159211958273 …Show this thread -
Adding this article about Japan banning
#tiktok for allegedly sharing data with the Chinese governmenthttps://dgs.com.np/scienceandtech/japan-to-ban-tiktok-for-allegedly-sharing-data-with-chinese-government/ …Show this thread -
Adding an article where
@realDonaldTrump is quoted as saying: “As far as#TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States” He plans on using an executive order to do sohttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/31/tech/tiktok-trump-bytedance-sale/index.html?__twitter_impression=true …Show this thread -
“TikTok and the privacy perils of China’s first international social media platform” Write up by Richie Koch of Proton Technologies (
@ProtonMail)https://protonmail.com/blog/tiktok-privacy/ …Show this thread -
Adding an article here stating: "ByteDance employed an uncommon added layer of encryption to shield the practice from Google, which prohibits the collection of any type of persistent device identifier like MAC addresses and IMEIs"https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/12/tiktok-went-behind-googles-back-to-collect-users-mac-addresses-for-over-a-year/ …
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Been awhile since I updated the thread, seems US is going through with the ban on
#tiktok this Sunday to “protect the national security of the United States”https://twitter.com/CommerceGov/status/1306921534540242944 …Show this thread
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