TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone

Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by cloudking on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:50AM (#33527924)

Updated with more context and source links. The real question is, why does it need all this data to show you videos?

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by m4jor on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:03AM (#33527995)

I'm not an Android dev but I wonder if its ALL PURCHASE history or just access to purchase history and info in regards to the app like if you buy stuff in-app. Likely the latter if I had to guess.

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by wingerlang on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:22AM (#33528086)

I think without the context, it sounds extremely nefarious. But just as you, I think most of this data is things simply from within the app itself. Or data you explicitly grant access to.

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by tekknik on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:07AM (#33528020)

We all know the answer to that. It’s a free product, so you are the product.

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by UncleMeat on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @09:06AM (#33531761)

Most of that data is needed to allow you to create videos and pay creators. The app does more than just show videos.

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