TikTok’s in-app browser injects code into a user’s smartphone that could give it the ability to monitor all keystrokes, a researcher said . Felix Krause, founder of a privacy researcher who founded Fastlane, an app development tool acquired by Google, had earlier published research that said Meta’s Facebook and Instagram also injected software to track users in a similar manner. The code...
TikTok’s In-App Browser Has Ability to Monitor Users’ Keystrokes
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