![]() ![]() The third-party tracking still happened even when users didn't opt into allowing tracking in each app's settings, according to the study. Four of the contacts were from third-party domains, meaning the social platform was allowing a handful of mystery outside parties to collect information and track user activity.įor TikTok, the results were even more mysterious: 13 of the 14 network contacts on the popular social media app were from third parties. Ten of YouTube's trackers were first-party network contacts, meaning the platform was tracking user activity for its own purposes. ![]() ![]() Those numbers are all probably higher for users who are logged into accounts on those apps, the study noted. YouTube and TikTok topped the other apps with 14 network contacts apiece, significantly higher than the study's average number of six network contacts per app. ![]() I’ve had the account for almost 5 years (since musically) and I had some really sentimental videos on there which (stupidly) I didn’t download prior.To conduct the study, URL Genius used the Record App Activity feature from Apple's iOS to count how many different domains track a user's activity across 10 different social media apps - YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Telegram, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Messenger and Whatsapp - over the course of one visit, before you even log into your account. I don’t care about the account, the username, favourites, followers, likes, etc. I’ve also requested to download my data, as aside from ‘log out’, that was the only other option I got on the initial notification. I’ve been emailing two tiktok support emails repeatedly for help but no response yet. I’ve done nothing wrong or anything, I’m assuming it was a mistake or glitch of some kind. I’ve been scrolling through this sub and it appears quite a few of us are having this problem at the moment. Yesterday morning I woke up with the lovely surprise of a permanent ban on tiktok. ![]()
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