Please remember that Pinduoduo (from the same company as that of Temu) steals information with 0day exploits from consumers in China.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-...
"according to cybersecurity researchers, it can also bypass users’ cell phone security to monitor activities on other apps, check notifications, read private messages and change settings.
And once installed, it’s tough to remove."
“We haven’t seen a mainstream app like this trying to escalate their privileges to gain access to things that they’re not supposed to gain access to,” said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at WithSecure, a Finnish cybersecurity firm.
“This is highly unusual, and it is pretty damning for Pinduoduo.”
"Soon after, on March 5, Pinduoduo issued a new update of its app, version 6.50.0, which removed the exploits, according to two experts who CNN spoke to.
Two days after the update, Pinduoduo disbanded the team of engineers and product managers who had developed the exploits, according to the Pinduoduo source.
[..]
Most of the team were transferred to work at Temu. "
According to you, this is not at exciting to the "crowd" as pointing out that these Chinese apps are stealing data?
Chinese apps steal data no less then their western counterparts do. It's just politically beneficial to do fingerpointing at China. Assange and Snowden tried to do same with US - with unfortunate and known results.
"Two days after the update, Pinduoduo disbanded the team of engineers and product managers who had developed the exploits, according to the Pinduoduo source.
[..]
Most of the team were transferred to work at Temu. "
>Chinese apps steal data no less then their western counterparts do.
The whataboutism you add doesn't strengthen your argument. Also, source for American apps using 0 days to escalate privileges, please.
You are right - it was my mistake.
> The whataboutism you add doesn't strengthen your argument.
Where did you see "whataboutism" - whatever that is - I'll leave to you.
So Temu is just new lipstick on the same pig.
If you still want to order, do it with a masked card number.