RAMROD 117,036 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 An update to the TikTok privacy policy says that the app will now collect more personal data from US users, including “faceprints and voiceprints” TechCrunch spotted a couple of notable changes. First up is something that isn’t uncommon in photo and video apps, but might still raise some concern when it’s TikTok doing it. The first part of the new section explains that TikTok may collect information about the images and audio that are in users’ content, “such as identifying the objects and scenery that appear, the existence and location within an image of face and body features and attributes, the nature of the audio, and the text of the words spoken in your User Content.” While that may sound creepy, other social networks do object recognition on images you upload to power accessibility features (like describing what’s in an Instagram photo, for example), as well as for ad targeting purposes. Identifying where a person and the scenery is can help with AR effects, while converting spoken words to text helps with features like TikTok’s automatic captions. Second, a reference to biometric data, without any explanation as to how it will be collected and used. We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints, from your User Content. Where required by law, we will seek any required permissions from you prior to any such collection. TechCrunch observes that what is not said here is perhaps more important than what is. The statement itself is vague, as it doesn’t specify whether it’s considering federal law, states laws, or both. It also doesn’t explain, as the other part did, why TikTok needs this data. It doesn’t define the terms “faceprints” or “voiceprints.” Nor does it explain how it would go about seeking the “required permissions” from users, or if it would look to either state or federal laws to guide that process of gaining consent. The company wasn’t able to provide any further information. While the US-specific nature of the change may reflect states introducing privacy laws for biometric data, that still doesn’t tell us why or how TikTok intends to collect it. Source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/04/tiktok-privacy-policy-now-says-app-will-collect-faceprints-and-voiceprints/amp/#click=https://t.co/SaXhm8GA5J By the way, they are owned by China. They can try be diplomatice there, but they must have underlying reasons. Y'all toktok users are fxcked (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Jock 993 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I deleted tiktok after this update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franch Toast 27,737 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 This is why I don’t use TikTok. She/Her/Hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Rah Rah 2,013 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I deleted Tik Tok after I was spending hours glued to my phone and it was destroying my productivity. This is just another reason why it should be age restricted with age verification of some form. Because kids sure as hell won’t know what this could be used for. Chromatica will live on forever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spector 1,919 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 imagine the amount of collected d*ckprints stella + elliot = stelliot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald 13,841 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Things like this are why I'm deleting accounts and/or removing all personal info from my social media, along with starting to scrub my data from search engines It's kind of scary realizing how much information is potentially out there for anyone to use Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,120 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 It doesn't make any sense to collect such informations but your phone already does that right? It knows your voice, face, fingerprints etc... Why is it more threatening when China does it than when any other country does it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spector 1,919 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Lucas said: It doesn't make any sense to collect such informations but your phone already does that right? It knows your voice, face, fingerprints etc... Why is it more threatening when China does it than when any other country does it? i think it comes down to these cherry-picked and sensationalized headlines, along with the media attention that penetrates into the mainstream, which, in turn, penetrates the bubble of the general public filled by normativized ignorance. the very idea that the control over our privacy is not in our hands and we cannot be the agents of our lives, albeit living in an almost fully technicized societal context, seems threatening but is, in fact, our reality. a reality that many wish to forget and choose to actively ignore with regard to their everyday/“normal” tools and gadgets. i think that functioning in our modern world without, for example, phones and social media platforms is, virtually, impossible. stella + elliot = stelliot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
username9384747 201 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 4 hours ago, spector said: imagine the amount of collected d*ckprints I’d love my job if I had to go thru all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Don’t all other apps (not just social media but even music and tv streaming) do this too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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