{"id":31952,"date":"2022-07-23T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=31952"},"modified":"2022-07-23T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:09:06","slug":"is-tiktok-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous","title":{"rendered":"Is TikTok Dangerous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c950c8ae21\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c950c8ae21\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c950c8ae21\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#Is_TikTok_Dangerous\" title=\"Is TikTok Dangerous?\">Is TikTok Dangerous?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#TikTok_gives_you_the_right_to_record_your_every_word\" title=\"TikTok gives you the right to record your every word\">TikTok gives you the right to record your every word<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#TikTok_tracks_users_without_email_addresses\" title=\"TikTok tracks users without email addresses\">TikTok tracks users without email addresses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#TikTok_collects_your_location\" title=\"TikTok collects your location\">TikTok collects your location<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#TikTok_records_your_phone_contacts\" title=\"TikTok records your phone contacts\">TikTok records your phone contacts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-tiktok-dangerous\/#TikTok_can_lead_to_bigorexia\" title=\"TikTok can lead to bigorexia\">TikTok can lead to bigorexia<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_TikTok_Dangerous\"><\/span>Is TikTok Dangerous?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Is TikTok dangerous\" style=\"max-height:213px; max-width:42% margin:0px 10px; height:auto; width:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/6S8BzDq.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>You may wonder: Is TikTok dangerous? Here are some reasons why it is. As a user, you give the company permission to record your every word. If you don&#8217;t provide an email address, TikTok tracks your location and records your phone contacts. As a result, your every word could be recorded and shared with anyone in the world. Moreover, Chinese law requires companies to share their algorithms with the military, which means that they have to be prepared to fight an enemy. Luckily, TikTok has moved its American data to American servers maintained by a company based in the US called Oracle. Making backups of your data in Beijing is relatively easy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_gives_you_the_right_to_record_your_every_word\"><\/span>TikTok gives you the right to record your every word<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are looking for a fun way to express yourself, you can lip-synch to songs on TikTok. You can also perform duets with other users. First, find a song you like and start lip-synching. Once you&#8217;ve found the song you want to lip-synch to, you can start recording. You can then add effects or captions to your video. You can even change the duration of the text in your video.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use screen recording to record the video. Then, cut it to the desired length and share it on social media. Another way to record a video is by typing text. Some amateur videos of music are of high quality, but many are still not. There are five challenges you can choose from at any given time. To avoid confusion, here is a quick TikTok guide for beginners:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_tracks_users_without_email_addresses\"><\/span>TikTok tracks users without email addresses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Check Point security team recently discovered a vulnerability in TikTok&#8217;s &#8220;find friends&#8221; feature. This vulnerability allowed an outside actor to access users&#8217; phone numbers and link them to their profiles. This could have been used to harvest private contact details of celebrities or users without their knowledge. To test this out, Check Point threw a random number into TikTok&#8217;s search field and found a matching profile.<\/p>\n<p>This practice of linking phone numbers to social media profiles is not new. Last year, a Telegram bot discovered that Facebook had leaked user information that showed people&#8217;s phone numbers. But TikTok has added a certain spice to the mix after an investigation last year into links between the TikTok parent company and the Chinese state. As a result, users were exposed to risk their information being spirited back to China.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_collects_your_location\"><\/span>TikTok collects your location<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been using TikTok to make videos, you&#8217;ve probably noticed that the app collects a lot of data. Not only does the app collect your location and video clips, it also gathers data from your contacts and your text messages. This data could potentially include malware, as well as your location. Since TikTok is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, it&#8217;s important to understand how this app collects your personal information.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, if you&#8217;re using the app to make videos, it&#8217;s vital to know your location. You never know when you&#8217;ll run into someone who is trying to spy on you. TikTok has community guidelines for avoiding malware and phishing attacks, which entails sending you an unsolicited message that attempts to trick you into clicking a malicious link or revealing personal information. Third-party companies can also scrape TikTok data.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_records_your_phone_contacts\"><\/span>TikTok records your phone contacts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are many ways to limit the amount of information that TikTok gathers about you. It&#8217;s possible to opt out of the account suggestion and contact syncing options, but this could lead to your personal information being shared with others. Additionally, the app can collect information from other apps and websites &#8211; including your Facebook friends and Twitter contacts. Regardless of whether you have this option enabled or not, you must understand what you are sharing with the social network and how it uses it.<\/p>\n<p>While you may have no idea how your phone contacts are used by companies, the fact is that most popular social networks use your phone number to link your profiles. In other words, if you&#8217;ve used the app on your phone and changed your number, TikTok will use that information to identify you and suggest new accounts to follow. The app is designed to make it easier for users to share content and get more views.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_can_lead_to_bigorexia\"><\/span>TikTok can lead to bigorexia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Using social media like TikTok for body-image is an easy way to get the perfect body that other users envy. The algorithm behind the social media site is designed to snare teenage boys and young men, and the videos it produces feature men with larger muscles. Bigorexia is a disorder in which people have an unhealthy obsession with muscle-bound bodies, and experts believe that this social media site may be the root cause. Some of the content on the app has been linked to suicide and sexual predators.<\/p>\n<p>Boys have a natural tendency to want extreme muscle development and body mass. This compulsive social comparison scrolling can damage girls&#8217; self-esteem and lead to anorexia. Bigomania is an underlying compulsion, fueled by a built-in narcissism that disrupts body image and may be harmful to the health of young men. In addition to using TikTok to create a perfect body, boys may also be motivated by the desire to gain followers.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe height=\"280\" width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JjTOqgjzWk\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is TikTok Dangerous? 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