TikTok data collection could reveal what floor a user is on, cybersecurity firm says

Australian-US company Internet 2.0 says social media app now seeks users’ altitude information according to source code

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The Australian-US cybersecurity company that last year revealed the extent of TikTok’s data collection says the social media company has increased what location information it collects to include altitude, which could tell it what floor of a building a user is on.

Last year, Internet 2.0 released a study on the data TikTok attempts to collect on user devices, which includes contact lists and calendars, and its scanning of hard drives and geolocating devices on an hourly basis.

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