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TikTok has the ability to track every tap of your screen while you browse in its iOS app, including typed passwords and clicked links, according to new research by software engineer Felix Krause. In-app browsing refers to any activity on third-party sites that open in the app, rather than in an external window.
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Read More »TikTok has the ability to track every tap of your screen while you browse in its iOS app, including typed passwords and clicked links, according to new research by software engineer Felix Krause. In-app browsing refers to any activity on third-party sites that open in the app, rather than in an external window. On Thursday, Krause released a report examining the JavaScript code social media platforms inject into third-party sites that allow it to track the activity of users. Krause’s security tool, InAppBrowser.com, revealed the TikTok iOS app has the ability to monitor all keystrokes, text inputs and screen taps, which could include sensitive personal data like credit card information and passwords. Krause noted, though, that “just because an app injects JavaScript into external websites, doesn’t mean the app is doing anything malicious”. “There is no way for us to know the full details on what kind of data each in-app browser collects, or how – or if – the data is being transferred or used,” he said. When opening a website from within the TikTok iOS app, they inject code that can observe every keyboard input (which may include credit card details, passwords or other sensitive information) TikTok also has code to observe all taps, like clicking on any buttons or links. pic.twitter.com/Dcv0N4ccKD — Felix Krause (@KrauseFx) August 18, 2022 Priyadarsi Nanda of the University of Technology Sydney’s School of Electrical and Data Engineering said collecting information about keystrokes closely resembles the behaviour of keyloggers, a type of malware. “Whichever website you go to, it takes your inputs,” he said. “This is definitely a concern for any app you don’t trust.” A TikTok spokesperson told Guardian Australia the “report’s conclusions about TikTok are incorrect and misleading”. “The researcher specifically says the JavaScript code does not mean our app is doing anything malicious, and admits they have no way to know what kind of data our in-app browser collects,” the spokesperson said.
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Read More »“Contrary to the report’s claims, we do not collect keystroke or text inputs through this code, which is solely used for debugging, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring.” Besides TikTok, Krause assessed the iOS apps of Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Amazon, Snapchat and Robinhood. TikTok was the only app found not to offer users the option of switching from in-app browsing to an external browser when accessing third-party sites. https://t.co/KwZ3dtKyQf - a new tool I used to investigate the in-app browsers of apps (that use them) to look for any external JavaScript code being injected. pic.twitter.com/XSdXOpXYlq — Felix Krause (@KrauseFx) August 18, 2022 “TikTok had the most extensive surveillance capabilities,” Uri Gal, professor of business information systems at the University of Sydney, said. “Many people who use the app are unaware of the surveillance conducted about them within [it]. The user base of TikTok is by far younger than Facebook’s and Instagram’s … that makes them much more vulnerable.” Gal said TikTok “presents a different kind of risk” because of parent company ByteDance’s suspected ties to the Chinese Communist party. The surveillance functionality could be used to “gather as much information as possible for industrial espionage purposes, and shaping public opinion that is more toward their interests,” he said. A report released by Australian-US cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0 in July warned the Chinese government could use the app to harvest personal information, from in-app messages to device locations. Sign up to Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Free daily newsletter Our Australian morning briefing email breaks down the key national and international stories of the day and why they matter Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. ByteDance has denied a connection to the Chinese government in the past and called the claim “misinformation” after various leaks suggested it censors material that does not align with Chinese foreign policy aims or mentions the country’s human rights record.
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Read More »“Their primary motivation is almost purely commercial and financial, whereas with TikTok, there is a national security element that I don’t think is directly present with the others.” “At Meta, we use in-app browsers to enable safe, convenient, and reliable experiences, such as making sure auto-fill populates properly or preventing people from being redirected to malicious sites,” the spokesperson said. “Adding any of these kinds of features requires additional code. We have carefully designed these experiences to respect users’ privacy choices, including how data may be used for ads.” Nanda said the social media platforms do not disclose how much personal data remains with the company or whether it is shared with third parties. “They can pass on that information to third party service providers, which is instrumental in launching sophisticated attacks of any nature,” Nanda said, pointing to hacks that steal data such as credit card information, and malware attacks that freeze computers or lock files. “That is the real risk.”
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