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Originally Posted by Tervuren

It is a multi-way path.
They pick what gets seen, and it can focus in and find where to hook people.
The problem with Tik Tok is the users can be converted to puppets.

Yes, but it's not just that. It's what information the app can be programmed to gather from your mobile device. And the reason that they can do that is because when most folks download an app, they don't look at the required permissions either when looking at the app on the app store or when having to click "OK" to grant the permissions once installed or the first time the app is used. That's probably even more dangerous than the other. Or maybe it's a toss up or flips back and forth between the two after various OS updates or whatever.