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The source link contains more information and includes directions to remove Temu and links to remove TikTok.

1 posted on 04/10/2023 1:49:35 PM PDT by CedarDave

Never do financial transactions on a cell phone. period.

2 posted on 04/10/2023 1:57:06 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )

I see ads for this app sometimes and the ads are in Chinese. Who would down load an app in Chinese?

3 posted on 04/10/2023 2:00:18 PM PDT by Eva

I’ve gone to the website by phone but never ordered a thing and never installed the app. Should be good enuff.

4 posted on 04/10/2023 2:14:17 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)

I’ve never put TikTok (or its American cousin, Facebook) on my cell phone.

7 posted on 04/10/2023 2:36:09 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)

Lineage OS is your friend. . . Tic Toc? Lolol! Bwahahaha!! Google? Lolololol!!!

10 posted on 04/10/2023 3:25:51 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo

Like a lot of the false data around TikTok, I can say this article is full of crap, at least on iPhone.

Temy bypasses your phone’s security to do the following:

Monitor activity on other apps
Track your notifications
Reads private messages
Change settings

None of this is possible unless you explicitly give the app permission, and it does not ask for permission for any of those things. The article is just making stuff up for clicks.

If you are using Android you are screwed 100 different ways...

11 posted on 04/10/2023 4:53:10 PM PDT by Wayne07

TikTok is not the only Chinese app ... A shopping app downloaded by millions of Americans comes with all sorts of sneaky tricks to keep an eye on you. Have you heard of Temu? People love Temu. It’s the second most popular shopping app right now, only surpassed by the mighty Amazon. Temu must be buying a ton of ad space because we’re seeing it everywhere. Temu had a quiet launch last September and currently holds a 4.6-star rating on Apple Store and Google Play store. But Temu is dangerous. Temy bypasses your phone’s security to do the following:

I do not shop using a Smart Phone, or make any # transactions using it, and thus I cannot even download the app, but with a desktop I have used Temu for cheap things (like this rotating faucet extender spray for $1.18 w/ free ship) vs. another Chinese merchant (since all such come from China).

And thus far more often than not I received $50 off orders that averages under $20: Mar 27 2023

Compensation for late shipment +$5.00

Mar 22 2023 Compensation for late delivery +$5.00

Mar 21 2023 Compensation for late shipment (PO-211-04681700588150815) +$5.00

Yet the shipping is about as fast as Ebay was.

Thank God for good buys and that we can even get such.

12 posted on 04/10/2023 6:57:54 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)

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