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Possible circumvention of TikTok blocking #6

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dmarti opened this issue Mar 7, 2023 · 3 comments
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Possible circumvention of TikTok blocking #6

dmarti opened this issue Mar 7, 2023 · 3 comments

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@dmarti
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dmarti commented Mar 7, 2023

Public sector networks in some states are required to block tracking of their users by TikTok, including by blocking TikTok at the router. If TikTok tracking scripts are "eligible third-party traffic" for purposes of IP Protection, then could IP Protection have the side effect of circumventing this required block?

related: #2

@DavidSchinazi
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Can you elaborate on how these "TikTok tracking scripts" are implemented? Such content blocks are generally implemented via enterprise policies, mandatory-to-install extensions, or even network-based blocks. I've never heard of this being accomplished via scripts.

@dmarti
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dmarti commented Mar 7, 2023

"The TikTok Pixel is a piece of code that you can place on your website that allows advertisers to share website visitor events with TikTok via browser."

https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-pixel#

(they call it a "pixel" but it's JS)

If a network-based block was in place, could this "pixel" script still communicate with analytics.tiktok.com using the IP Protection proxies?

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Oh I see, sorry I had misread you initial message - the blocking is separate from the tracking script.

Yes, in that scenario the entity performing the block at the network would need to also disable IP Protection. This is similar to how Encrypted Client Hello will hide destinations from network observers but can be disabled by browser enterprise policies

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