cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6214098

I want to follow some people on tiktok, for the content they put out. I am, however, a somewhat privacy-minded person. Any suggestion on how to make TikTok less privacy-invasive? Some DNS app?

I am on Android, not rooted.

3 points

Shelter + Shizuku + App Ops

Shelter will put it in a work profile.

Shizuku and App Ops work together to give you more control over app permissions. You can restrict a lot this way.

Granted, that won’t stop the normal data collection via your IP address that occurs as a result of browsing their content.

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I mean just use YT shorts, 99% of TikTok creators post on YouTube anyways because you get paid way more.

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I use ProxiTok to view tiktoks

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I’d recommend the Revanced version (is a fork that removed ads and blatant trackers). But it doesn’t stop Tik Tok from tracking what you see. For example, Facebook, technically it doesn’t have third party tracker, because the app itself is a tracker.

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Use a private DNS and patch the app with revanced. Don’t use your primary email or phone and never give it permission to access your contacts.

That’s only if you really want to install it.

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