TikTok Making Users Enter iPhone Passwords to View Content: Reports

TikTok hasn’t explained the reasoning behind the need for users to enter their highly personal and sensitive information.
TikTok Making Users Enter iPhone Passwords to View Content: Reports
The TikTok logo on an iPhone in London on Feb. 28, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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The Chinese-owned video streaming platform TikTok has reportedly been prompting users to input their iPhone passwords in order to view content, sparking concern among individuals using the app.

Reports that the platform began asking users for their iPhone passwords to watch videos on the app first began emerging in November, according to esports and gaming website Dexerto, which noted that users took to social media to express concern.

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