As TikTok grows, so does suspicion

Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by lmm on Sunday July 10, 2022 @07:33PM (#32050350)

> Have you used tiktok? There’s nothing about it that isn’t addictive.

I tried it for a week or so, found it not very interesting and gave up.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by jdsleppy on Sunday July 10, 2022 @08:33PM (#32050809)

I noticed that the webapp doesn't show personalized content (or my privacy extensions do a wonderful job). You have to use the mobile app to see the full power.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by lmm on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:27PM (#32051865)

This was with the mobile app.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by ugjka on Sunday July 10, 2022 @10:10PM (#32051405)

It took me a month before TT actually figured out my interests. For some reason it thought I would be absolutely interested in the local content of Latvia (where i live)

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by bmarquez on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:05AM (#32055628)

I created a TikTok account with a VPN and for the first few days most of the content was tailored towards the faraway city that the VPN IP address pointed to. Geolocated IP is one of the few pieces of info TT has initially, so not surprised they rely on it.

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