▲ 859 ▼ Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 235 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (5 children) Why do you say that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Cause they are owned by American billionaires and as such are more ethical. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Like Tim Apple, iPodJockey? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I was given this nickname by an old guy at work that knew I was good with computers. Never actually owned an ipod lol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TeddE@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Emphasis on by comparison, as in "molten hot metal is cooler than the surface of the sun, by comparison". TikTok and Temu actively have code in them that would be considered a virus in other contexts. They exploit your system to gain more access than they should, violating the point of sandboxed access. By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable. Both practices are terrible, but that's not the same as saying they're equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pop@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable. This is simply just not true. Meta used an adversary-in-the-middle attack to decrypt Snapchat and other competitors traffic. Facebook, Apple, Twitter and Google have been intercepting traffic since before https/sandbox/anti-virus were the norm. Do you think they didn't do anything malicious? Install any Google app on Windows and it will install a task schedule and a always online background service to "check for updates" and downloads and runs their executable without any user consent. I wonder why no body had a problem with that. hmm… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/03/facebook-spied-on-snapchat-users-to-get-analytics-about-the-competition Google runs it own operating system so they could technically do anything they so fucking please. You think Chinese Android variants are using exploits or just scooping data wholesale, because it can. But you think Google and Apple aren't? It's showing your prejudice, bias and concern trolling more than anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Cause they are owned by American billionaires and as such are more ethical. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Like Tim Apple, iPodJockey? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I was given this nickname by an old guy at work that knew I was good with computers. Never actually owned an ipod lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Like Tim Apple, iPodJockey? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I was given this nickname by an old guy at work that knew I was good with computers. Never actually owned an ipod lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I was given this nickname by an old guy at work that knew I was good with computers. Never actually owned an ipod lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Emphasis on by comparison, as in "molten hot metal is cooler than the surface of the sun, by comparison". TikTok and Temu actively have code in them that would be considered a virus in other contexts. They exploit your system to gain more access than they should, violating the point of sandboxed access. By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable. Both practices are terrible, but that's not the same as saying they're equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pop@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable. This is simply just not true. Meta used an adversary-in-the-middle attack to decrypt Snapchat and other competitors traffic. Facebook, Apple, Twitter and Google have been intercepting traffic since before https/sandbox/anti-virus were the norm. Do you think they didn't do anything malicious? Install any Google app on Windows and it will install a task schedule and a always online background service to "check for updates" and downloads and runs their executable without any user consent. I wonder why no body had a problem with that. hmm… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/03/facebook-spied-on-snapchat-users-to-get-analytics-about-the-competition Google runs it own operating system so they could technically do anything they so fucking please. You think Chinese Android variants are using exploits or just scooping data wholesale, because it can. But you think Google and Apple aren't? It's showing your prejudice, bias and concern trolling more than anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pop@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable. This is simply just not true. Meta used an adversary-in-the-middle attack to decrypt Snapchat and other competitors traffic. Facebook, Apple, Twitter and Google have been intercepting traffic since before https/sandbox/anti-virus were the norm. Do you think they didn't do anything malicious? Install any Google app on Windows and it will install a task schedule and a always online background service to "check for updates" and downloads and runs their executable without any user consent. I wonder why no body had a problem with that. hmm… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/03/facebook-spied-on-snapchat-users-to-get-analytics-about-the-competition Google runs it own operating system so they could technically do anything they so fucking please. You think Chinese Android variants are using exploits or just scooping data wholesale, because it can. But you think Google and Apple aren't? It's showing your prejudice, bias and concern trolling more than anything. permalink fedilink source parent