TikTok Spied on Me. Why?

[patz]

> Unsurprisingly, my relationship with TikTok’s press office was tense. Though I was unaware of it, at the same time TikTok was pushing back on reports of a toxic workplace, several employees had decided to surveil my phone, tracking my location in hopes of finding my sources.

And as you can imagine, the follow up questions by the author about the incident were not answered.

This is not the same as Google or Facebook, or any other giants spying on people.

If it was really merely some TikTok's employees' own decision, then just like it's working atmosphere, it's culture is toxic.

[fasthandle]

https://archive.ph/zc1GN

[b3nji]

Probably the same reason Google, and Facebook spy on you. Behavioral surplus to exploit, and profit from your perceived persona to advertisers.

In short, profiling, and assuming they know all about you to promote, deny, or manipulate various product price points.

Products from the physical, to services, to bank and mortgage costs.

[Reubend]

That's completely different. TikTok employees specifically accessed her data to identify her sources. That type of behavior, which can reasonably be characterized as "spying", is not the same as what Google is doing.

[puppymaster]

always the same, tiring whataboutism.