{"id":2135498,"date":"2023-12-28T16:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T21:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-app-requesting-some-users-to-input-their-iphone-passwords\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T21:49:37","slug":"tiktok-app-requesting-some-users-to-input-their-iphone-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-app-requesting-some-users-to-input-their-iphone-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok app asks for iPhone passwords from certain users"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-app-requesting-some-users-to-input-their-iphone-passwords%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2135498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:19 PM \u2013 Thursday, December 28, \u200b2023<\/p>\n<p>Many social media users on TikTok are now perplexed as to why the popular video app is purportedly requesting that they enter their iPhone \u200bpasscode in\u200c order to watch content.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTikTok itself doesn\u2019t explicitly state the exact\u2064 cause,\u201d according to an article\u00a0from industry expert publication <em>Dataconomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TikTok \u2063has also been exposed\u2062 in the\u200d past\u200d for \u2063spying \u2064on a number of \u2064journalists from major networks, according\u200b to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The site <em>Dexerto<\/em> highlighted the extremely concerning problem, which\u200b was reportedly brought to the public\u2019s attention for the first time in late November. Additionally, even more \u200dusers raised \u200dthe alarm\u2064 in \u2062December\u200d after\u200b experiencing the request \u200cthemselves. <\/p>\n<p>Apple also \u200bissued \u200dtwo critical security patches for iPhone and other product customers around this same time frame.<\/p>\n<p>Some users have claimed that the more recent iOS\u2062 update apparently \u201cfixed an issue\u2063 that gave access to private user information.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">idk why everytime\u200b i get on tiktok its\u2063 asking for my iPhone password but im a hit cancel everytime bc what ..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf38 (@luvmesomekee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luvmesomekee\/status\/1739950638556155987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, \u20642023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">why \u200ddoes tiktok\u200d keep making\u200d me put my iphone\u2062 password in everytime i open the app<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2013 robbie \u2013\u200c (@1eat_ch1dr3n) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1eat_ch1dr3n\/status\/1740235146710929582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, none of\u200b the four explanations \u2063provided by <em>Dataconomy <\/em>regarding\u2063 why\u200c TikTok is \u200brequesting this personal security information are particularly comforting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The site suggested\u200c that \u2064the required passcode could be a \u201ctemporary security measure \u2064requiring passcode \u200centry \u200bto address certain vulnerabilities or privacy concerns.\u201d It may also be tied to an app update, glitch or enabling the content filter known as \u2018restricted \u200dmode.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a content filter, \u201crestricted mode\u201d may need a password\u2062 in order to\u200c later \u2064confirm \u2063a\u200b user\u2019s \u2062age, according to <em>Dataconomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Security experts\u200c caution that sharing\u200c your password is almost \u2063always a terrible idea, especially in \u2063these situations, due to the obvious security hazards\u2064 and lack of ease \u2062in which\u200c phishing attempts could occur or prove successful.<\/p>\n<p>In this instance, nevertheless, some\u200d users have discovered appropriate\u2062 solutions.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b a Reddit post, TikTok users who were asked for \u200ctheir passwords said that the \u2064problem went away \u2063as\u200b soon as \u200cthey \u201cupdated their app to version 32.5.0.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSome\u200d users have reported bypassing the passcode\u2063 prompt by selecting \u2018cancel,\u2019 indicating that this might \u2062indeed \u200cbe \u2062a bug\u200c rather \u2062than \u2064an intentional feature,\u201d according to <em>Dataconomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200balarming information\u2063 was\u200d released soon after Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) accused TikTok of being the reason for the \u201cwarped\u201d\u2063 viewpoints \u200cof many young \u2063Americans regarding the ongoing\u200d situation\u200b in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok was also fined $368 million by European officials in September of last year for violating\u200c children\u2019s privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher \u2064Wray, \u2062the director of the Federal Bureau of \u2063Investigation (FBI),\u2064 alerted \u2064Congress in \u2062late 2022 about \u201cnational \u200bsecurity\u2064 concerns\u201d pertaining\u2063 to the Chinese-owned TikTok.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey include the \u200dpossibility that the Chinese government\u200c could use it\u2064 to control \u200ddata collection on millions of users, \u2064or \u2063control the recommendation algorithm which could be used for influence operations if they so choose, or to \u2062control software on millions of devices,\u201d Wray warned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! 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This has raised concerns \u2064among social \u200dmedia\u200b users\u200c who \u200care questioning the reasons behind \u2063this request.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has not provided a \u200bclear\u200d explanation for this \u2064phenomenon.\u2063 According to an article from industry \u200cexpert publication Dataconomy, \u200cthe app \u2064itself does not explicitly state the\u2064 exact cause\u200d for the passcode requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, TikTok has been previously \u2063exposed for\u200b spying \u200don journalists from major\u2062 networks, \u2063according to\u2063 reports. In\u2064 late November, \u2062the site Dexerto brought this concerning problem to the public&#8217;s attention. Since then, \u2063more users have raised \u2064alarm \u200cabout experiencing \u2064the passcode \u200crequest \u200dthemselves.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the confusion, Apple\u2062 issued two critical security patches for iPhone and other product customers around the same\u2064 time frame.\u2064 Some users claim that\u200b the more recent iOS update fixed an issue related \u200dto access to \u200cprivate user information.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users have also voiced their \u200cfrustrations about the passcode request \u2064on TikTok.\u2062 While some have\u2062 questioned the reasons behind it, others have found potential solutions. A Reddit \u200bpost revealed \u200bthat updating the\u2062 app to \u200bversion 32.5.0 resolved the issue for some users. Dataconomy suggests that the passcode prompt might be a bug\u2063 rather\u200c than an intentional feature.<\/p>\n<p>However, none\u200d of the explanations provided so far are particularly comforting. Dataconomy\u2062 suggests that the passcode \u2064requirement could be a temporary security measure addressing vulnerabilities \u2062or privacy concerns. It may also \u200bbe\u2062 related to an app update, \u2062glitch, \u200dor the enabling \u200bof a content filter known as \u200b&#8217;restricted\u2064 mode.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Security experts caution against sharing passwords, especially in situations \u200dlike\u2064 this. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mo-brooks-calls-out-weak-kneed-debt-junkie-america-last-republicans-who-funded-bidens-afghan-resettlement\/\" title=\"Mo Brooks Calls Out 'Weak-Kneed, Debt Junkie ... America Last' Republicans Who Funded Biden's Afghan Resettlement\">significant security risks<\/a> and the\u2063 possibility of phishing attempts. It is important for users \u200dto exercise caution \u2063and prioritize their digital safety.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns about TikTok&#8217;s\u2062 actions follow a series\u200c of controversies surrounding the app. \u2064Senator John \u200cFetterman\u2064 accused TikTok of influencing\u200c the perspectives of young Americans on the situation in Israel\u2063 and Gaza. \u200cLast year, European officials fined the app $368 million for \u200cviolating children&#8217;s privacy. The \u2063director of \u200bthe FBI, Christopher Wray, has also warned about \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthys-top-adviser-and-closest-friend-has-lobbied-for-pfizer-jeff-bezos-and-china-linked-financial-giant\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy\u2019s Top Adviser And Closest Friend Has Lobbied For Pfizer, Jeff Bezos, And China-Linked Financial Giant\">national security concerns related<\/a> to the Chinese-owned platform.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, TikTok&#8217;s request\u200d for iPhone passcodes has caused confusion and raised concerns \u2063among its \u200dusers. As \u200bthe app continues to face\u2063 scrutiny for \u2062privacy and security\u2064 issues, it\u200c is important for users to remain vigilant and take steps \u200cto \u2064protect their personal information.<\/p>\n<p>For \u200bmore breaking news, subscribe to\u2063 our email alerts for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a>.<\/p><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many TikTok users are confused as to why the app is asking for their iPhone passcode to access content. 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