Data Privacy

TikTok's in-app browser can monitor your keystrokes, including passwords and credit cards, researcher says

New research has revealed some of the data popular apps can track and collect while using in-app browsers.

Key points:

  • In-app browsers increase security and privacy risks
  • A computer scientist says big tech undermines trust in e-commerce
  • TikTok denies it is storing user data but confirms the existence of code

Software engineer and security researcher Felix Krause has assessed what code is injected onto a website to gather user activity when it is opened through an app.