Hacking TikTok: Can hackers manipulate the application?

It's hard to imagine the world of social media without TikTok. The platform, which is primarily popular with younger users, makes it child's play to upload and share content. But TikTok's high popularity also contributes to the fact that hackers could use the app for their own purposes.

This is how easy it is to hack TikTok

Hackers often have an easy time with TikTok, because the application partly uses an Internet protocol that is not really secure. In this context, there is a distinction between HTTP and HTTPS. HTTPS is the more secure option, but this protocol format has longer loading times. Since TikTok primarily uploads videos, the app uses the faster, but insecure HTTP Internet protocol. Not without reason, therefore, there are frequent discussions about whether TikTok is dangerous.

Hackers could use TikTok to spread fake news

An example of how easy it is to spread fake news on TikTok was shown by a group of security researchers. They uploaded a video of fake news to WHO's official TikTok account to show how easy it is to spread fake news.While TikTok is working on systems to detect fake news, this case still shows that hackers can easily abuse TikTok for their own purposes.