TikTok does not have a button installed to open websites into a default browser.Īccording to a TikTok spokesperson if users were directed outside the app when clicking links it would create a clunky and diminished experience. The majority of in-app browsers have the ability to open the link into a preferred browser website off platform or achieve the same by copying and pasting. How can I protect myself while browsing in-app links? "While we can only guess at the motives of the companies involved, we know they use tracking to drive ad-targeting and to increase user engagement on their platforms," Mr Davie said. The injection of the coding does not mean user data is being stored or used in a malicious way, but the deliberate action to include it is of concern. "That's not something that happens by mistake… especially at a company this size." What is their motivation? "Those should not end up in the final version of the app that has been used by millions of people," Mr Krause said. Mr Krause said apps in their infancy used this data to find errors and debug before scaling and later delete the functionality - something TikTok had failed to do. There is no way to verify whether the data is being collected or used.Īccording to a spokesperson, the gathering of personal data would go against TikTok's privacy policy, which does allow for browsing history in the in-app browser to be collected to improve user experience.
"We do not collect keystroke or text inputs through this code, which is solely used for debugging, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring," a TikTok spokesperson said.
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TikTok confirmed the existence of the code and claimed they were not collecting user data using the injected code. "The issue appears widespread, with tracking code observed in the apps of Facebook and Instagram as well as TikTok." "It's alarming to see how much information can be tracked that people aren't aware of–including potentially any user interaction with a website," Mr Davie said. Leading computer scientist and Systems Approach co-founder Bruce Davie said app behaviour of this nature undermined user confidence in e-commerce.
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