I'm pointing out that people can be tracked in many ways, tik tok is hardly the primary source needed.

Our cell phones are essentially tracking devices in general, there are multitude of ways one could track someone.

Even a non-techie person could get a general sense of someone location by their social media posts. Heck, millions of people "check-in' to location when they go somewhere.


Besides, on a humorous side, I equate China tracking tik tok'rs to aliens learning about humans by our 1960's sitcoms broadcast acrost space. Just imagine aliens watching Mr Ed and wondering, "which ones are the primary species?" smile. Just look at the general content on Tik Tok, and you'd probably gladly let China have them.