In the U.S., actions have been undertaken to prevent future downloads of the popular social media applications Tik Tok and WeChat. Do those who will continue to use these apps need to take extra precautions?
The security research team at Comparitech has disclosed how an unsecured database left almost 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube user profiles exposed online. This represents a massive data leak.
Byte-Dance acquired the tween and teen-focused social app Musical.ly back in 2017. It is paying off as it this year it has merged with Byte-Dance's own short video app TikTok, and Muscal.ly is being used to enter the U.S. market.
