The Nauseating Truth About Tiktok

Used by millions of people, Tiktok is by far one of the most succesful social media app ever to be launched this era. I have seen a lot of users posting videos about cooking, dance challenges, business ideas, even clickbaits of dating celebrities, rumored stories and some other stuff.

I actually love Tiktok but sometimes, videos of clickbaits are just going into my nerves.

Quarantine time has given people the ability to explore the internet. And while they are literally bored in the house, the fact that Tiktok is dealing with lots of opportunities such as gaining followers and friends, lessening the boredom and earning money, some things doesn't go with the positive vibes it gives.

I will give you some reasons why I find Tiktok a not-so-good platform despite me liking some videos in it since some gives lessons to me.

The app is actually invented by Chinese people. Personally, I don't like the idea of them taking over the world as if they own it. I have no problem with China. I think they are good into whatever kind of ability a person can have. But I also know for a fact, and bothered by it, that they are one of the most powerful country in the world and it doesn't mean that they should take advantage of it. What bothers me is that we don't really know the ability and capability of China. I respect that they take out the boredom of the people but the idea of making the app be installed in each phone in the planet, is also them gaining the entrance to our own personal security issues. Other biometrics data and location are recorded in the Chinese company which by the way is legal but unsafe.

That reason will state one of the main reasons why the US government want to ban the app since the security concerns is highly questioned. I don't really know if there are personal issues in both parties but both must perform a good manner towards its people, despite any problems occured. No wonder, these two are both powerful parties, and surprisingly they still allow communications and meetings.

Another thing that bothers me is that the former Musical.ly app performs encryption to the device that allows attackers to steal any kind of information available and will lend to bad stuff such as blackmails and unwanted tracking. Since the app is mostly popular to dance, comedy, lip-sync and challenges, there are more chances of users using it of showing their faces.

Furthermore, the fact that when you go to the Discover feature of the app, the most popular recommendations are from the nearest areas of yours. In my case, I have seen a lot of posts from users of celebrities and normal neighborhood. Instagram and Facebook users already reported breaches of data, and it's not surprising that Tiktok can also be one of them. The information we share on social media apps should be limited and we, as humans, must not trust these apps even though they alert us about security.