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I want to follow some people on tiktok, for the content they put out. I am, however, a somewhat privacy-minded person. Any suggestion on how to make TikTok less privacy-invasive? Some DNS app?

I am on Android, not rooted.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Better use just web version if honestly.Because application is really awful.

https://gist.github.com/Theoistic/d419667b1052c4c21e789341e085b5a0

Just look at permission manifest of android.

It has

  • location tracking
  • phone calls reading
  • Making screenshot of your scren
  • get wifi networks around you
  • facial recognition
  • Microphone analyze of your speech
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Do you want to use an account?

Maybe you could use a frontend like proxitok in the browser instead, and bookmark the people you want to follow? Or maybe this works with RSS, but I don't know, never used proxitok.

I don't actually know if it still works, or how well it ever worked, for that matter. But that would definitely be a lot more private than having the official app installed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The only winning move with that platform is not to play with it at all. It's a privacy hellhole.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Most of the comments seem to be missing the point. AFAIK the question is "how can I sandbox a malicious app?" which would be nice to know the answer to.

  • Different profile/VPN is a good start
  • What about location spoofing?
  • What options are their for faking mic data/call logs
  • How to protect against nearby WiFi detection
  • Do user profiles protect against screen access
  • etc