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TikTok tracked Android users using a trick banned by Google – Latest News

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Collecting MAC addresses of Android users is not allowed by Google and violates Google’s privacy policies.
TikTok reportedly tracked Android users by collecting “unique identifiers” for over a year till November 2019. The TikTok Android app collected media access control (MAC) addresses of Android devices to show custom ads, as per a report by The Wall Street Journal. Collecting MAC addresses of Android users is not allowed by Google and violates Google’s privacy policies. Google has restricted developers from tracking Android users through MAC addresses and IMEI numbers back in 2015 but TikTok managed to get past that through a loophole.

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