Not as much as people make it out to be.
The app is really just a chromium browser that loads the TikTok website. It's really not doing anything that other social platforms aren't.
The biggest concern is data collection potentially going to China, but keep in mind the US version operates under a US company, ByteDance, on well-known Oracle servers.
IdonTknow1323 t1_iydmmw6 wrote
Reply to comment by UnkindlyDisagree in South Dakota bans TikTok from government-owned devices by Sorin61
Not as much as people make it out to be. The app is really just a chromium browser that loads the TikTok website. It's really not doing anything that other social platforms aren't. The biggest concern is data collection potentially going to China, but keep in mind the US version operates under a US company, ByteDance, on well-known Oracle servers.