Is Temu safe? Lawsuit claims app hacks 'literally everything'
Newsy
Temu is one of the most popular apps, but issues surround it, including a lawsuit that says it has access to "literally everything" on users' devices.
If you paid attention to Super Bowl commercials Sunday, you surely couldn't have missed the multitude of ads for Temu.
The Chinese-backed e-commerce platform aired three commercials during the big game and two that played after, likely costing upwards of $30 million in total for the coveted — yet wildly expensive — broadcast slots. Yet the investment appears to have reaped gains already, with the Temu app ranking second in Apple's chart of most downloaded free apps Monday.
But while Temu promises that its low prices on everything from clothing to technology allow customers to "shop like a billionaire," some of those customers say the promise is a ploy to allow the app itself to shop — for users' private data.
In the most recent bout of controversy, a group of plaintiffs from multiple states filed a class action lawsuit against Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc., claiming the app violates users' privacy rights by secretly collecting their data and doesn't give them an option to effectively consent.
