<story><title>TikTok requests access to devices on local network</title><url>https://twitter.com/crobertsbmw/status/1427102606753550337</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>uniqueuid</author><text>Just to add: Scanning networks to gather data seems pretty popular these days - smart tvs have done so, and even the ebay site used to portscan visitors [1].&lt;p&gt;[edit] And of course, there&amp;#x27;s WebRTC leaking your local IP - which ublock origin can specifically block [2].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bleepingcomputer.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;ebay-port-scans-visitors-computers-for-remote-access-programs&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bleepingcomputer.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;ebay-port-sca...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;gorhill&amp;#x2F;uBlock&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prevent-WebRTC-from-leaking-local-IP-address&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;gorhill&amp;#x2F;uBlock&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>TikTok requests access to devices on local network</title><url>https://twitter.com/crobertsbmw/status/1427102606753550337</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>diebeforei485</author><text>Some other apps (Signal?) have also done this out of the blue, though they may have since added a UI around this.&lt;p&gt;Regardless, Apple has done the right thing by putting this behind a permissions box, but the developer should be required to have some sort of explanation string of why they need this.</text></comment>