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No surprise there. Was dating a girl and she asked me to sign up so she can get some discount. I already knew it was a trash app but signed up anyway, because sex.
I’ve never seen a more cancerous app in my life. Got her the discount she needed, promptly deleted my account and uninstalled.
But did you smash?
I did. Probably wasn’t worth downloading that app.
She got her discount. That's all she really wanted.
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Tried browsing Temu on mobile browser. Fucking impossible. They push the app so hard that the website is basically unusable after few clicks. Compared to them, Reddit's gentle reminder feels like a favor.
Anyway, turned me off totally from the site. If someone wants me to use their app when I'm potentially a paying customer, website or not, seems really suspicious. Seems like my instincts were correct.
I've never used Temu and for all I know they're questionable, but this article is not itself very credible. It's heavy on uncited economic assertions, makes a hackneyed national security argument, and is actually very light on the technical security details. Plus it suggests nonsense like TikTok not requiring the android.permission.INTERNET permission, lol.
On their "About" page they gladly announce that they're a private company hired by big corps and finance bros so on, and they have an unexplained focus on China. I suspect they take money to do hit jobs.
I'd be interested to see a security comparison between, say, Temu, Amazon, and Facebook apps.
Who could have seen that coming?
I thought it was suspicious after seeing Temu ads on YT, I saw a few that said Temu Russia peppered in there
anyone should stay away from temu; they say they will accept returns for only if you have few of them and they won't refund anymore than that
Every frighin app is "spyware"
Personal data is the new 'oil'
shocked pikachu face
Could be true, but I will wait to believe it until I read it on something other than someone’s blog.
Yeah, a few minutes' googling seems to indicate this is mostly one guy trying to influence financial markets, specifically negatively, in order to profit from short selling.