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Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] TORFdot0 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It states that it’s somehow breaking the permissions sandbox by dynamically recompiling code after the app is opened. Unless there is some undisclosed exploit that it’s using to break the sandbox, it’s outside most people’s understanding of how these platforms work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It only explains how it would pass (automatic) reviews. Not how it would bypass the sandbox. So yeah, you're right, not enough info sadly.

[–] TORFdot0 4 points 3 days ago

Someone else posted this report in this thread which does a good job of the deceptive practices and API calls the app uses to trick the user into giving permissions up willingly and otherwise collect data it shouldn’t.