Does anybody with a STRONG BACKGROUND IN WEBSITE PRIVACY have time to vet this research? Are TikTok and Meta pixels REALLY doing the things claimed? I'm concerned it may be overstating things in an attempt to sell its tag monitoring tools.

https://jscrambler.com/blog/beyond-analytics-tiktok-meta-ad-pixels

The Collection of Commercial Intelligence: TikTok & Meta Ad Pixels

Jscrambler analyzed the TikTok and Meta ad pixels used on websites and found that their default behavior requires immediate attention.

Jscrambler

@dangoodin Generally speaking this article doesn't describe anything new or novel. You can accomplish most of what's detailed here with a Hubspot account.

The main difference for Meta and TikTok is how enormous the platforms are and how wide their data reach is for each user. But because their popular, their tracking gets more impressions than other sites.

There's really nothing hyperbolic here, unfortunately.