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Aug 2020
20m 41s

Tik Tok's Tech Troubles / Developers Fle...

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Tik Tok has been accused of spying on users and siphoning up their data, although it's important to point out the same criticism has been leveled at many American tech giant's apps and web services. In working to address security flaws, it seemed that Tik Tok programming  was just as often sloppy as malicious.  All that hasn't stopped reports from surfacing ... Show More
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