On a technical level, how is TikTok being blocked/banned in the US?
Can I still sideload the app to my phone? Is it only being banned from the two big app stores? Is there a penalty for being found in possession of the software on US soil?
On a technical level, how is TikTok being blocked/banned in the US?
Can I still sideload the app to my phone? Is it only being banned from the two big app stores? Is there a penalty for being found in possession of the software on US soil?
There are multiple ways of doing this and I’m not sure which methods tik tok is using.
ip address there’s a group called IANA that issues blocks of IP addresses to ISPs and there a companies like Maxmind that package that info. apps can create rules block requests based on that info that block requests coming from a specific location or return an error to the user
removing from the app store Companies can ask app stores to no longer offer downloads in a specific region and as the app updates it will become more busted over time
user information Based info provided by the user directly during sign up or from the social login a user used to sign up with tik tok