TikTok exploited Android bug to track users
 

Forgot to tell users

Social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device, which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out.

The Wall Street Journal said that uers were not told about the tracking which ended in November as US scrutiny of the company dialed up amid claims that it was a Chinese government listening tool.

Apparently, for 15 months, TikTok had been gathering the fixed identifier without users’ knowledge.

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