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TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it (www.bbc.com)
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TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.

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[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The article mentions them putting tracking pixels on other websites. Bold of them to try tracking me when I don't even have a TikTok account.

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Meta does the same thing, probably a lot of shitty actors do.

[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, we should assume that all big tech companies are taking us everywhere and all the time.

From the article:

According to DuckDuckGo, a privacy company, TikTok has trackers on 5% of the world's top websites. That number has grown steadily, though it's nothing compared to Google with trackers on almost 72% of top websites and Meta at about 21%.

[–] a14o@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From the article:

But most people might not realise that TikTok holds data about them even if they have never used the social media platform.

Websites that use pixels send data about every single visitor, so it doesn't matter if you don't have a TikTok account.

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

I'm still not getting a TikTok account