Re:Reverse Engineering TikTok's VM Obfuscation (Part 1)
by PetahNZ on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:31AM
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Come on, it's not their main usage... An intentional side effect maybe, but their main usage is clear.
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Re:Reverse Engineering TikTok's VM Obfuscation (Part 1)
by 0xy on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:05AM
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If something is used 99% of the time for tracking and 1% of the time for genuine useful reasons, it's safe to say it's a tracking mechanism.
Intent is irrelevant, the APIs are fundamentally insecure. Google directly benefits from this financially.