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Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

Temu "surprised" by the lawsuit, plans to "vigorously defend" itself.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/shopping-app-temu-is-dangerous-malware-spying-on-your-texts-lawsuit-claims/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

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Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
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I'll be honest, my bullshit detector is going off pretty loud. they're claiming that the malicious behaviour is in a "cryptically named function [... that] is not visible to security scans before or during installation of the app, or even with elaborate penetration testing" - then how did they find it? most of the claims read as if they've never seen an app permissions list before, looked at Temu's, and assumed malice because China Bad™
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Arcane Alchemist
Arcane Alchemist
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Apart from that, many products are often illegal to be imported (e.g. Nazi memorabilia or products containing banned chemicals), but the user counts as the importer, not Temu. I don't know if they changed the T&Cs in the meantime, but I don't have time to study mercantile law just to use an online shop.
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Petra van Cronenburg
Petra van Cronenburg
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Even worse is the ecological footprint and #waste when you shop on such platforms.

Incidentally, this one is also controversial because of its manufacturing conditions: https://thenightly.com.au/business/temu-controversy-new-claims-of-child-slavery-emerge-for-scandal-plagued-chinese-bargain-app-c-14286310

In Germany, there is suspicion of tax and customs evasion https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/temu-billigwaren-zollvorschriften-100.html

What appears to be cheap usually comes at a high, invisible price.

#plasticPollution #carbonFootprint #ecology #fastFashion #TEMU


Unterschlagen Billighändler wie Temu Steuern?

Zu oft absurden Tiefpreisen gibt es beim Online händler Temu nahezu alles zu kaufen. Doch der chinesische Konzern unterschlägt womöglich Zollgebühren und Steuern. Die NRW-Landesregierung fordert nun schärfere Kontrollen.
Nina Magoley (wdr.de)
#ecology #plasticpollution #waste #fastfashion #temu #carbonfootprint
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Herr TurTur
Herr TurTur
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"If it's too cheap to be true, it probably isn't true."
(Not my wisdom, but i endorse it)
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brinnbelyea
brinnbelyea
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Temu cheaper than Amazon, quality similar. Amazon can't compete so...
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Codeschubse
Codeschubse
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without the picture or with alt text I could boost this. but ableistic toots I will not boost. you can do better.
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