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From: FJB	12/24/2022 5:07:20 PM
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Reverse Engineering Tiktok's VM Obfuscation (Part 1) Thu Dec 22 2022 authored by veritas TikTok has a reputation for its aggressive data collection. In fact, an article published on 22 December 2022 uncovered how ByteDance spied on multiple Forbes journalists using TikTok. While some of the data they collect may seem benign, it can be used to build a detailed profile of each user. Information such as user location, device type, and various hardware metrics are combined to create a unique "fingerprint" that can potentially be used to track a user's activity on and off the app. This data may also be used to prevent their APIs from being utilized in automated scripts by ensuring that the data from the requests seem humanlike. The platform has implemented various methods to make it difficult for reverse-engineers to understand exactly what data is being collected and how it is being used. Analyzing the call stack of a request made on tiktok.com can begin to paint the picture for us. Let's start by doing a search for the term "food". Upon pressing enter, TikTok sends off a GET request with our search term and some extra telemetry embedded. CONT... nullpt.rs

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