Somehow, TikTok is sending me notifications even though I don't have the app. And in order to disable them I have to install it.

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What's a webapp?

A web site that installs some JS in your browser (called a "service worker") that does shit

The fuck how does that happen? Is it malware?

Very likely that you use web apps regularly. It's very commonplace.

as with all web stuff, it's sandboxed so it shouldn't be able to do anything too malicious, but it can be annoying if you accidentally gave it permission to do stuff.

as with all web stuff, it's sandboxed so it shouldn't be able to do anything too malicious, but it can be annoying if you accidentally gave it permission to do stuff.