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.

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.

shocked pikachu face

Could be true, but I will wait to believe it until I read it on something other than someone’s blog.

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