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Apple forced an update on iphones that auto-updated TikTok, which now has mandatory reporting of your geolocation (including SIM card and GPS info). This geolocation sharing can't be turned off in Settings like all other apps. It is greyed out for TikTok.
You think this is all coincidental?
No way, for real?
Have a link for that? That is crazy if true.
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/
https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-privacy-policy-update-january-2026/
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/social-media/is-tiktok-u-s-broken-or-working-as-intended-3-terrifying-terms-of-service-changes-may-explain-whats-really-going-on
Side note: tomsguide is now horrifically hard to read.
Man, I really hope TilTok crashes and burns now. It'd be so fuckin funny if they went through this entire acquisition to have users completely abandon it.