Category: identity

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tiktok age-protects cock jokes unless u send ur drivers license/passport to prove ur over 21. kill everyone now

this is what their support sent me. doesnt help every social media is copying tiktok atm the future of the web looks so grim rn. interent anonymity is in critical condition

I feel like signs like this of where the web is going are the number one sign to delete accounts on sites like TikTok and start using places that prioritize privacy even if their methods are imperfect. Any nugget of privacy you can get is crucial now.

Install duckduckgo and decentraleyes, use signal or element instead of discord for sensitive discussions, try not to post your face or name at all, and if you do don’t do so extensively.

Make a DRM free music repository and for the love of God install an adblocker, hell if you have the free time make your own website and rss feed!

Make the web work for you instead of being a passive product. If a forum or site asked for like my id or passport to prove I was able to register or access parts of it a few years back I would think it’s identity theft, and now it’s just something that people view as fuckin everyday shit. Christ!!!

And uninstall TikTok! Uninstall Facebook Instagram any shit unless u know what you’re getting into and put up several layers to stop tracking. Like. God. Dystopic shit here.

Tiktok shares your data more than any other social media app — and it’s unclear where it goes, study says (source: CNBC, Feb 8, 2022)

US lawmakers told by House of Representatives that TikTok is ‘high risk’ and that they should avoid using it due to privacy concerns (source: Business Insider, August 2022)

How Tiktok data mining works (and the third party data scraping you probably don’t know about) (source: MakeUseOf, April 2022)

TikTok algorithm pushes violent videos to people of color, lawsuit says (source: The Seattle Times, July 2022) [[Note: Why is it bad that they profile their users? This]]

Tiktok lawsuit from the families of 7 kids killed attempting the Blackout Challenge, which the families say the algorithm pushed at their children (source: TheVerge, July 2022) [[Note: why is it bad to give them your age? This]]

Even Reddit’s CEO calls Tiktok fundamentally parasitic and is nervous about its security (source: Techcrunch, 2020) [[Note: Just sayin’]]

Look, use it if you like, there’s fun stuff on there, but know what you’re getting into and take precautions.

And people wonder why we have identity theft. And why we need better government. We need real representative democracy.