logoalt Hacker News

gruezlast Thursday at 4:14 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why would two competing apps share data with each other?


Replies

bfleschlast Thursday at 7:40 AM

Facebook has a track record of abusing security vulnerabilities to snoop up information about other apps installed on your phone. It might be as simple as Instagram reading leftover temp files created by the TikTok app.

tkellast Thursday at 5:09 AM

If two profit-seeking organizations can profit more from collaborating, why wouldn't they? Increasing profit is not zero-sum.