Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese-owned online marketplace Temu for allegedly stealing Americans’ data.
“Temu is sort of like a cheap Amazon with cheap goods,” Hilgers said on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast. “And as we know, cheap things do oftentimes come with a price.”
Hilgers explained that Temu is set up in a way that can gain access to a user’s smartphone without having to go through the terms of agreements process by getting around Apple’s App Store requirements.
No permission asked for access
“They do it without even having the kind of boilerplate agreements that we might generally expect, like, ‘Hey, we’re going to read your text messages. Is that okay?’” he said. “They could access your text messages, your microphone, your app, all your other apps, all the sensitive data that’s on your particular store on your phone.”
The lawsuit was filed earlier this month, and you can read it here:
“Temu’s platform fuels a whole host of other harms,” the lawsuit reads. “The examples are legion: the platform is awash in products infringing copyrights and other intellectual property, Temu engages in “greenwashing,” and it has platformed sellers who use forced labor for the production of goods.”
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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