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TikTok scours your phone for personal information

TikTok is designed to collect more personal information than any other major social media app or messaging service, a new analysis claims.

The popular video sharing app has twice as many trackers in its source code than the industry average, according to the cybersecurity company Internet 2.0. The trackers, called software development kits, can be used by developers and advertisers to understand the user better.

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