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A comment on TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account.

Re:TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account by hulitu on Friday May 05, 2023 @02:57AM (#35826107)
> TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account

So in UK cats have online acvounts ?

How about fishes ?

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Re:TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account by zamnos on Friday May 05, 2023 @03:33AM (#35826338)
In the US, too. Dedicated pet lovers will make Instagram accounts for their pets, for lots of reasons. In this case it clearly backfired, but it can be useful for the account owner.
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Re:TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday May 05, 2023 @04:53AM (#35826830)
Apparently. But if the cat was running the account how does that let its owner be tracked?
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Re:TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account by qbrass on Friday May 05, 2023 @06:28AM (#35827404)
That's why cats need their own phones.
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