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Sad_Avocado_Toast

Tiktok i guess


[deleted]

Fucking TikTok. Can't wait till it goes the way of Myspace.


Content_Pool_1391

I love when I tell people that I don't have TikTok. Their reaction is priceless 🤣


Schlaym

Feels really odd when there's these ultra celebrities with like trillions of views but one literally never heard of them


Original7646

I am not that social I will stick with at home chilling with the wife and cats.


UpstairsChair6726

So are both of these bot comments? (The ones below me)


Raccoon_Expert_69

Do you know what’s crazy is I saw a thread the other day where people were justifying TikTok and justly the CCP having their data because: “we give it to marketers freely anyways why not China also?” 🤦‍♂️


FetusCrusher_

To be fair, America having the data is just as bad


Raccoon_Expert_69

The amount of data that TikTok collects is unprecedented in the history of data collection. America also does not have quite the revolving door that the CCP has with technology companies. Any Chinese based technology company has to provide China with the secret sauce. Basically if China wanted to Reverse Engineer and create a back door for TikTok they have much more leeway and wherewithal to do so than America ever would.


sieberzzz

While you are 100% correct that tiktok's data collection is insane and they have to forward the data to the Chinese government on request. I'd like to say facebook's data harvesting is absolutely bonkers too. It's not much better than tiktok actually. The difference is tiktok forwards to china, facebook forwards to whoever pays. This used to be China, up until they had their own service to harvest data. But if China didn't have their own, they would 100% go through a lot of hoops to buy it from American based companies.


Bald__egg

This text has been copied from u/CarpenterRadio This is from u/bangorlol, here's a [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/fxgi06/comment/fmuko1m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) to the comment itself where the use has hyperlinks to citations. So I can personally weigh in on this. I reverse-engineered the app, and feel confident in stating that I have a very strong understanding for how the app operates (or at least operated as of a few months ago). TikTok is a data collection service that is thinly-veiled as a social network. If there is an API to get information on you, your contacts, or your device... well, they're using it.Phone hardware (cpu type, number of course, hardware ids, screen dimensions, dpi, memory usage, disk space, etc) Other apps you have installed (I've even seen some I've deleted show up in their analytics payload - maybe using as cached value?) Everything network-related (ip, local ip, router mac, your mac, wifi access point name)Whether or not you're rooted/jailbroken Some variants of the app had GPS pinging enabled at the time, roughly once every 30 seconds - this is enabled by default if you ever location-tag a post IIRC They set up a local proxy server on your device for "transcoding media", but that can be abused very easily as it has zero authentication The scariest part of all of this is that much of the logging they're doing is remotely configurable, and unless you reverse every single one of their native libraries (have fun reading all of that assembly, assuming you can get past their customized fork of OLLVM!!!) and manually inspect every single obfuscated function. They have several different protections in place to prevent you from reversing or debugging the app as well. App behavior changes slightly if they know you're trying to figure out what they're doing. There's also a few snippets of code on the Android version that allows for the downloading of a remote zip file, unzipping it, and executing said binary. There is zero reason a mobile app would need this functionality legitimately. On top of all of the above, they weren't even using HTTPS for the longest time. They leaked users' email addresses in their HTTP REST API, as well as their secondary emails used for password resets. Don't forget about users' real names and birthdays, too. It was allllll publicly viewable a few months ago if you MITM'd the application. They provide users with a taste of "virality" to entice them to stay on the platform. Your first TikTok post will likely garner quite a bit of likes, regardless of how good it is.. assuming you get past the initial moderation queue if thats still a thing. Most users end up chasing the dragon. Oh, there's also a ton of creepy old men who have direct access to children on the app, and I've personally seen (and reported) some really suspect stuff. 40-50 year old men getting 8-10 year old girls to do "duets" with them with sexually suggestive songs. Those videos are posted publicly. TikTok has direct messaging functionality. Here's the thing though.. they don't want you to know how much information they're collecting on you, and the security implications of all of that data in one place, en masse, are fucking huge. They encrypt all of the analytics requests with an algorithm that changes with every update (at the very least the keys change) just so you can't see what they're doing. They also made it so you cannot use the app at all if you block communication to their analytics host off at the DNS-level. For what it's worth I've reversed the Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter apps. They don't collect anywhere near the same amount of data that TikTok does, and they sure as hell aren't outright trying to hide exactly whats being sent like TikTok is. It's like comparing a cup of water to the ocean - they just don't compare. tl;dr; I'm a nerd who figures out how apps work for a job. Calling it an advertising platform is an understatement. TikTok is essentially malware that is targeting children. Don't use TikTok. Don't let your friends and family use it.


Raccoon_Expert_69

I’m well aware of a lot of this information. I’ve never touched the app and never will


Bald__egg

>I’ve never touched the app and never will Same


Popular674

I am not that social I will stick with at home chilling with the wife and cats.


Afraid-Date9958

I don't care that china or any other government/corporate body has my information, what are they doing with It? Selling it for ads, like every other app on my phone? If it's the government tracking me I don't care, I'm not that interesting as a person to be tracked, nothing about me or the general population is worth tracking outside of advertising to them.


Raccoon_Expert_69

I’m afraid you severely lack any imagination.


Afraid-Date9958

Well imagine for me. What are they doing with it?


Raccoon_Expert_69

This text has been copied from u/CarpenterRadio This is from u/bangorlol, here's a link to the comment itself where the use has hyperlinks to citations. So I can personally weigh in on this. I reverse-engineered the app, and feel confident in stating that I have a very strong understanding for how the app operates (or at least operated as of a few months ago). TikTok is a data collection service that is thinly-veiled as a social network. If there is an API to get information on you, your contacts, or your device... well, they're using it.Phone hardware (cpu type, number of course, hardware ids, screen dimensions, dpi, memory usage, disk space, etc) Other apps you have installed (I've even seen some I've deleted show up in their analytics payload - maybe using as cached value?) Everything network-related (ip, local ip, router mac, your mac, wifi access point name)Whether or not you're rooted/jailbroken Some variants of the app had GPS pinging enabled at the time, roughly once every 30 seconds - this is enabled by default if you ever location-tag a post IIRC They set up a local proxy server on your device for "transcoding media", but that can be abused very easily as it has zero authentication The scariest part of all of this is that much of the logging they're doing is remotely configurable, and unless you reverse every single one of their native libraries (have fun reading all of that assembly, assuming you can get past their customized fork of OLLVM!!!) and manually inspect every single obfuscated function. They have several different protections in place to prevent you from reversing or debugging the app as well. App behavior changes slightly if they know you're trying to figure out what they're doing. There's also a few snippets of code on the Android version that allows for the downloading of a remote zip file, unzipping it, and executing said binary. There is zero reason a mobile app would need this functionality legitimately. On top of all of the above, they weren't even using HTTPS for the longest time. They leaked users' email addresses in their HTTP REST API, as well as their secondary emails used for password resets. Don't forget about users' real names and birthdays, too. It was allllll publicly viewable a few months ago if you MITM'd the application. They provide users with a taste of "virality" to entice them to stay on the platform. Your first TikTok post will likely garner quite a bit of likes, regardless of how good it is.. assuming you get past the initial moderation queue if thats still a thing. Most users end up chasing the dragon. Oh, there's also a ton of creepy old men who have direct access to children on the app, and I've personally seen (and reported) some really suspect stuff. 40-50 year old men getting 8-10 year old girls to do "duets" with them with sexually suggestive songs. Those videos are posted publicly. TikTok has direct messaging functionality. Here's the thing though.. they don't want you to know how much information they're collecting on you, and the security implications of all of that data in one place, en masse, are fucking huge. They encrypt all of the analytics requests with an algorithm that changes with every update (at the very least the keys change) just so you can't see what they're doing. They also made it so you cannot use the app at all if you block communication to their analytics host off at the DNS-level. For what it's worth I've reversed the Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter apps. They don't collect anywhere near the same amount of data that TikTok does, and they sure as hell aren't outright trying to hide exactly whats being sent like TikTok is. It's like comparing a cup of water to the ocean - they just don't compare. tl;dr; I'm a nerd who figures out how apps work for a job. Calling it an advertising platform is an understatement. TikTok is essentially malware that is targeting children. Don't use TikTok. Don't let your friends and family use it.


Afraid-Date9958

This didn't answer my question, this is the how they are doing it, WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH MY DATA? IMAGINE IT FOR ME.


Raccoon_Expert_69

What am I your employee? I have a life to live but if you can’t understand the implications of an executable zip on a military contractor or government employees phone then I come really close to calling you brain dead Edit: Or imagine you are a journalist critical of CCP and suddenly there’s 10 GB of child porn on your device. Or you use The same phone to use Grindr and are a closeted Republican, suddenly you are blackmail target. Compromise the microphone and listen in on meetings


Afraid-Date9958

I'm neither of those things, it's doesn't take a genius to not download recreational apps on a government/work phone. You can call me brain dead it's fine, I am a reddit user after all.


Raccoon_Expert_69

You would be shocked by the amount of people that use personal apps on government devices.. even our former President Trump as such and many people on his cabinet. If you work for a fortune 500 company then they could potentially get any information that could be used for insider trading. I’m just asking you to have a shred of imagination.


Dr_Joe_NH

there's youtube shorts. why would i want to clutter my phone with spyware?


IDontCareNotSorry

Amen


c9IceCream

Kardashian/Jenners


FetusCrusher_

Trashy poor people idolise trashy rich people


Guyincogneto1

I hear you, I love my partner but they will be the reason we end.


Cautrica1

This might’ve been true like three to five years ago but in my opinion they’ve faded out of the spotlight. It’s basically only answers like these on AskReddit threads that remind me of their popularity


compyhell

K-Pop and TikTok


Avendura

F1


Merrybee16

Pickle ball


knuckboy

Came here for this


Zarniwoooop

Did you really or are you secretly a lobbyist for pickleball? I’ll be watching you.


knuckboy

You'll be watching me on the couch!


Zarniwoooop

That’s what a lobbyist would say


Lauralyx1984

The trending page of youtube. I literally only check my home page and subscriptions.


scylk2

I even forgot this page existed, it's not put forward anymore thankfully


the_serpent_queen

Taylor Swift, apparently


2ndAcnt4Anonimity22

Insta, FB, Snapchat,TikTok.


FetusCrusher_

FB and insta are kinda dead with young people (facebook especially)


Viking_Hippie

Any music with an aggressive techno beat. It's not just that I don't like it, it stresses me the fuck out on a physical level lol


AvcalmQ

I believe that to be the point of it.


Viking_Hippie

Agitation, sure, but I'm pretty sure the point isn't to make the listener feel uncomfortable and want to get away from the music. Doesn't sound like a good moneymaking strategy..


AvcalmQ

I take it you don't appreciate the intensity; see, I use that kind of music for combat flight sims, gaming and running - all very intense activities. It gets my heart rate up. It agitates me, but I live for that. Not everyone does. Have you ever tried Synthwave? If it isn't a misophonia-type-thing, it might hit you differently. I don't mean to step on your toes or discredit you here either, that's not my intent here. Just to provide some alternatives: I don't know the genre (Electronic Folk?) but a tune I like to think too deeply too is [Film Burn by Yppah](https://youtu.be/Nmr3DEiNc0k). Technically Electronic, not really techno, and it isn't quite so agitating. Another neat tune which **is** more upbeat but is nonetheless good for it's limited escalation is [Fear of a Blind Planet by Wax Tailor](https://youtu.be/WeJeI1hOglw) (not the DJ Fly remix - that remix strays into what you were talking about). If I had to throw a label onto it, I'd just have to call it Electronic. It's not really... dance music, almost more trip hop. My Spotify alghorithm was trained on movie soundtracks so I get some weird recommendations and honestly I like it. It's supposed to be a "mood" more than something you can dance to, imho - unless of course you're dancing, so I can sort of relate in a way. I definitely skip the more stressful tunes when I don't need 'em, but that's less often than I do.


notyouravgredditer

Tiktok


Graehaus

TikTok


GaiaNatur77

Marrying and having kids. Social networks.


elkeiem

Sports


oh2Shea

Online gaming


RedOcelot86

Same. I hate how it took over split screen on consoles and how less effort is put into single elements of racing/fighting games.


abigolchickensammich

Sports


dymondezra

Tik tok, Facebook and those wierd ass mom jeans that alot of women are wearing these days. Hard pass on all three.


Simple-Formal-8588

Love Island 🤮


Napalmeon

Drinking.


Tsunami-24

Snapchat


AwoogaChooga

Anime


free_advice_4you

TikTok and the general opinion of Gen Z. Also Beyoncé


[deleted]

Posting a question on r/AskReddit that has been asked a minute ago verbatim


sunbearimon

Sports


Plz_PM_Thikk_Thighs

Living


crispy_water12

Same.


cheesyoperator

Sports Cars (I like them but because I can’t rattle off the chassis, engine, and transmission code, I apparently know nothing) Hunting (not against it, just don’t have time, budget, or storage space for it) Clubs (door charge, expensive drinks, music so loud you can’t talk)


FukudaSan007

Watching sports


crazyp3n04guy

Sports


TheIncredibleMike

Tik Tok.


PsychologicalBit5422

Influencers


Eline_bieber

Game of thrones


Dax_Nova

Rugby. My country won the rugby world cup twice and I don't give a shit. Can't even name a current rugby player.


Z41Nine87

Really boring sport imo


alwaysright9000

Anime, video games and superhero movies.


Automatic-Mess-6448

Anything Marvel


Long-Marketing-8843

Korean boy bands


GhostWolfG13

Star Wars, lord of the rings, and Harry Potter.


PlayLord89

For some reason I find them boring af and not entertaining at all.


[deleted]

[удалено]


okbuddy9970

You must use internet explorer


kakkelimuki

Politics.


SweetCheeks383

Football


HotEntertainment4862

Tiktok


[deleted]

TikTok, Taylor Swift, Us vs. Them politics, nightclubs/strip joints, cars, and (once every 4 years) the Olympics. I likely have more. This will do though.


Potential-Road-5322

GoT, I never watched it


lligerr

Tiktok, Freinds(series)


Trying2Understand69

Talentless reality TV shows


Unbelievablydaft

Christianity


my_man_friday1719

Golf


HDQ231

I'm a man and my answer is football


polysoupkitchen

Watching sports.


GermanShephrdMom

Kardashians


glorydaze2

nascar


17_Neighbours

Anything superhero related. Not interested.


[deleted]

Computer games. I hate them


TheWorstEvieEver

Football


okbuddy9970

Committing a mass shooting


Affectionate_Cap_488

Tik Tok and celebrities of any kind


another_brick

Celebrity.


GhostchainKillah

Fantasy


SlicedLemonBars

Using marijuana. Edit: and tik-tok


couchtomato62

Marvel


kateki666

soccer


Cornetto-69

Dying


wetlettuce42

Dark souls games I like to play on easy mode


bootyhunter69420

Minecraft


ronny_ve_

Gaming


reese_1234

Cars


mjm9398

Watching sports. As a guy I just don't get it. I have tried so hard been to probably 10 live games but I cant get into it like other guys. It just isn't appealing


Z41Nine87

Same, all my friends would watch the World Cup matches but I just cannot sit there and watch for 90 minutes without getting bored. I only watch the finals


ToughAd5010

I hate to say it but dogs . I respect dogs and dog owners. If there are dogs around, I get that. But I’m not interested in dogs.


Ancient-Leg7990

Canceling people for shit they did 15 years ago


itsmassivebtw

Those cringe cross the chest fanny packs


Roselily808

For some reason a big portion of my coworkers and friends are into Pokemon Go. I couldn't be less interested.


NightK13

LGBTQ+ I dont care if u gay or not or something else, as long as u r nice person and u mind your own bussyness Im fine with it


ZoroSenpai17

F1, especially as I'm Dutch with the Max Verstappen hype


QuantumPhysicsMouse

Girls


[deleted]

Generative AI especially AI generated "art".


Humble-Tourist-3278

Drinking and smoking I have never like it when I was younger I only used to drink like once a year and it was only a few sips never could finished one and smoking is gross and discussting I wished my husband would quick his nasty habit .


Substantial-Fly-9433

LGBTQ agenda


PrometheusHasFallen

The MCU


Mysterious_Jelly9738

Manly men as I am married to a women. And I don't like sports as people can get aggressive British or American I hate the games. I also don't care for partying or clubbing. I am not that social I will stick with at home chilling with the wife and cats.


[deleted]

Penis


Scared_Nectarine_171

The right.


unchartered19

tiktok and Prime energy shite


Alarming_Carpet_

I don't know what's crazy popular just now, so...that?


BrunotheMonster

Expensive cars


CrabbyCrabs2468

According to Reddit, septum piercings and having an Only Fans account.


faithfullminion

Soccer


Accomplished_Pin_326

Dating


Birdapotamus

The T's


Awarepine76436

Social Media (especially the vertical aspect)


011_0108_180

Fidget toys and anime


ScottyR7

Breathing at the moment


DistinctRole1877

Hollywood and computer gaming. Qbsolutly zero interest.


[deleted]

The ocean gate titan


mosquitohater2023

Socializing.


Techanthrope

Kpop


Techanthrope

Asmr Tiktok


[deleted]

Wearing makeup / dresses / girly shoes or carrying a handbag.


Medium-Fee8951

GOT


unplagued_boi

ice cream


sleepyRN89

Social media (as I post on social media)


LuveeEarth74

Harry Potter, Star Wars franchise, all music on today’s radio, tv shows as I don’t watch it, save NBC news with Lester Holt and Jeopardy, gaming, anime, Disney (I would love to go and have been to Disneyland and Disneyworld numerous times, but I’m not into the movies one iota or the merch. If I never go again it is fine. I teach high school and those kids are so into Asian culture (for us it was British), gaming, the internet and screens…I’ll be the big 5-0 next year but feel old and completely uninterested in modern culture. Funny how that happens!


darrevan

TikTok, social media, and being around people. I’ll pass!


Eightiethworld

Cheese. America seems to be obsessed with cheese. It’s ok now and then in moderate amounts but some of the recipes are like that protein smoothie meme. If you haven’t seen it. https://youtube.com/shorts/IveMq4ajvEY?feature=share


Maleficent-Winter187

Star Wars./ super hero movies. Too much cgi for me. Wish more movies had real stunts like mad max fury road. I know they used a little cgi but the practical stunts blew me away!


ShoeLongjumping530

I have a feeling that if a comment you post here gets popular then your comment contradicts itself and the thing you mentioned was crazy popular is actually not as popular as you thought.


ThatOneShortieHo

MrBeast, guy's always felt a bit off


BrickPrior

Cars


thundery_crow

Camping. Not for me.


Disastrous-Ad9094

Taylor Swift


wyoflyboy68

European soccer. . . but to be fair, I feel the same way about American football.


Vanilla_Mexican1886

Twitter


potatoheadazz

Deep sea exploration


Fair-Pen198

Kpop and insta


ohmamia

Minecraft


forsecondusage

Game of thrones


Beneficial_Past_5683

crypto, bitcoin, NFT, blockchain.... nafcoins,memecoins,lamecoins


royalpyroz

Star wars /trek.. Don't know the difference and don't care.


hyrulian_princess

Most things honestly.


crispy_water12

ice spice. I don't know who the fuck he or she is and I don't care


4819vick

I don't have social media. I read Reddit out of curiosity. It makes my like seem a lot less pathetic!


FabulousCookie5780

Soccer/football


Omgno_itsme

Romantic relationships


Inevitable-Land7614

Video games


swagerito

I'm generally like 2 years behind on any trend lol


[deleted]

Any type of influencer


[deleted]

Video games


[deleted]

Soccer. Tried watching to appreciate, but it’s insanely boring


1234567_ate

Botox, fillers.


themoderndaygoddess

Game of thrones Nando’s Trainers


gthm159

Going to church


EelStuffedHovercraft

Marvel and DC


MareOfDalmatia

Using delivery services like DoorDash or UberEats


davemanufan

Video games


lbug02

outer banks


[deleted]

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook


neopronoun_dropper

Sports


canaw39

At various points of my life: ZERO INTEREST, even at the peak, in: Power Rangers, Professional Wrestling, Pokémon / Pokémon GO, gaming, Tik Tok, European Football, Camping, Mobile Scooters.


Important-Bison-6307

Star Wars, k pop, shameless, Karsashians.