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Re:TikTok Parent ByteDance Sees Losses Swell in Push for Growth by AlexandrB on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:33PM (#33111289)
It seems to use the same bag of tricks Facebook/LinkedIn/etc. use to track things you do "off-app": tracking code in share widgets, injecting JS into the in-app browser, tracking cookies[1].

If ByteDance ever releases an Onavo style VPN app, people are going to lose their minds.

[1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tiktok-data-privacy

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