About Temu:
Temu is "purposefully and intentionally" loaded with "a complete arsenal of tools to exfiltrate virtually all the private data on a user's device and perform nearly any malign action upon command trigger from a remote server." This, it alleges, gives the company access to "literally everything on your phone."
Are those prices REALLY worth giving the chinese gov't access to your entire life?
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/is-temu-safe-lawsuit-claims-app-hacks-literally-everything/
This is exactly why I use DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection on my phone. It creates an internal VPN and watches for f*cked up stuff like this. Best tool I have found yet, and it's free! It may not catch everything that bypasses security measures, but it'll catch a lot and show you who's looking at you.
@TG2 How much does it cost?
It's free. But you have to have the ddg browser app downloaded and turn the service on. There may be a short waiting period. If you delete the app, you'd have to wait again (if there still is a waiting period).
@ExecutiveFunction404 All good info. Thanks. @TG2
@poemblaze @TG2
Quite welcome. To turn it on, go into the settings and all their privacy info is on the top. You can get a duck.com email address that forwards to another account (can't send from it, though) and with that, you can get throwaway emails for websites that require sign-ins, but don't want to provide your real email.
App tracking protection doesn't allow another VPN though. So if you're currently running through a VPN, you have to choose which one you prefer or switch.