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Here's a hint:
STOP USING THE APP
Or just stop using the platform altogether. The reason that most of these things are "apps" is so that they can track you better, not for the "experience".
JFC.
Around two or three years ago, I was on a sales call/app demo as a potential customer–not for TikTok, of course. It's an American company and I'm based in Canada. I asked the sales guy about their data storage, encryption, privacy, and the like; he didn't know. I said I needed to know that if our group uses the application to communicate internally about, for example, helping refugees, the government won't be able to access it. The guy asked me if that really was a concern.
Well, you tell me now, sales guy, is it really a concern?
Amen. Unfortunately I feel like there's a whole generation that has come up with a different mindset. Not that you want to stand up for your rights, but that you will do whatever you want and complain about it if it violates your rights or your privacy, but not actually stop doing it.
I feel like the idea of proactively standing up for your rights or what you believe in rather than just complaining or posting online is no longer in in common parlance.
Yeah, I wonder what percentage of various generations would be able to explain who EFF is or what they do. As a for instance.
I'm glad to see that it's fairly common to see people talking about/using things like a VPN, for instance, but...if you then "log in" to whatever brand for a "better experience"? Okay, you hid your traffic from your ISP but, not much else. All that data is flowing into that company(ies) servers, never to be deleted. If you trust that company as being "one of the good ones" right now, doesn't mean it will stay that way. Look no further than something like Xitter - many people believed they were "good" (lol) before fElon's takeover, most people sure don't think so now. All that data you gave up is now his.
For real. TikTok should be regarded as a de facto intelligence service for the DOJ.
I agree, but the bad thing is, a lot of people (especially kids) are addicted to TikTok and other apps. They crave it. So similar to smoking, they know it's bad but still can't quit.
It feels like yelling at clouds, especially when we say this on Lemmy