Although tik tok already knows much of the world, a little more than 2 years ago few knew about the social network! Its beginnings date back to 2016 and its name at that time was Douyin and it was only available for the Chinese market, it was characterized by allowing the uploading of video content, comedies, dance and other purposes, its popularity grew as the months passed, Since at that time it offered a digital product with practically no competition in its niche, which for 2 years after its launch called the tension of another innovation in digital products such as Musical, and that by then its platform was dedicated to offer its users the possibility of uploading videos of 15 to 60 seconds and that they could choose tracks to accompany them!
the particularity of musical.ly
This company was a monster in constant and sound growth since to date it had more than 90 million users and an average of 12 million videos uploaded to the platform per day! What supposed a great flow of traffic that Douyin (TIK TOK) would know how to take advantage of when the merger occurred, after this merger the app has not stopped reaping successes with stratospheric numbers of new users and a record of videos uploaded to its platform that although it works Similar to Douyin they maintain different servers, having a clear balance between both platforms!
Conspiracy theories surround him
It is a loud rumor that the Communist Party of China, which runs the current government, has some control over the social network and uses it as a Trojan horse to steal information and spy on specific targets! All this is based on the terms and conditions of the app which requests access almost completely to all corners of the device where it is downloaded, which sets off the alarms of Cybersecurity experts alerting the high risks involved in providing such access to this type of Applications!
To finish, it is important to be clear about what is being exposed when accepting this type of applications and in what way our personal data is violated or shared, in order to objectively have a much broader balance and vision!
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si bien ya tik tok la conoce gran parte del mundo, hace poco mas de 2 años atras pocos conocian la red social! sus inicios se remontan a 2016 y su nombre en aquel entonces era Douyin y solo estaba disponible para el mercado chino, se caracterizaba por permitir subir contenido de videos, comedias, danza y otros fines, su popularidad fue creciendo a medida que pasaban los meses, ya que en ese entonces ofrecia un producto digital sin practicamente competencia en su nicho, lo que para luego de 2 años despues de su lanzamiento llamo la tension de otra innovacion en productos digitales como lo es Musical,ly que para en entonces su plataforma se dedicaba a ofrecer a sus usuarios la posibilidad de subir videos de 15 a 60 segundos y que los mismo pudiesen elegir pistas para acompañarlos!
la particularidad de musical.ly
esta compañia era un monstruo en constante y sonante crecimiento yaque para la fecha tenia mas de 90 millones de usuarios y un promedio de 12 millones de videos subidos a la plataforma por dia! lo que suponia un gran flujo de trafico que Douyin ( TIK TOK ) sabria aprovechar cuando ocurriera la fusion, luego de dicha fusion la app no ha parado de cosechar exitos con numeros estratosfericos de nuevos usuarios y record de videos subidos a su plataforma que aunque funciona similar a Douyin mantienen servidores distintos, teniendo un claro balance entre ambas plataformas!
Teorias conspirativas lo rodean
es un rumor a grandes voces que el partido comunista de china el cual maneja el gobierno de turno, tiene cierto control en la red social y la utiliza como caballo de troya para robar informacion y espiar a objetivos precisos! todo esto se basa en los términos y condiciones de aplicación la cual pide acceso casi por completo a todos los rincones del dispositivo donde se descargue, lo que enciende las alarmas de expertos en Ciberseguridad alertando los altos riesgos que conllevan entregar tal acceso a este tipo de aplicaciones!
para ya culminar, es importante tener en claro lo que se esta exponiendo al aceptar este tipo de aplicaciones y en que manera se vulnera o se comparte nuestros datos personales, para asi de manera obejetiva tener un balance y vision mucho mas amplia!