Temu, privacy at risk: here's why you need to uninstall the application

The platform for sale online Temu it has gained fast popularity. He operated out of China, and the service has never failed to raise the question about the privacy users on him. This is about deception and espionage are not new, and it continues to be a burden on the reputation of the app. The fact that it is under investigation by the European Commission, does not help.

The Temu, and the risks to the privacy, the alarm NTC
However, his success continues, uninterrupted, to the disappointment of some of the shops and the experts in cyber security. And there are those that I hold to sound the alarm one time through NTC, The National institute and the Swiss to Test the safety and Security of IT. The report titled “technical Analysis of the security of the application mobile Temu” it makes a call to the attention, in particular, he points to the two aspects to consider “the behaviour of the unusual”.

NTC notice that the Temu in a state of change in the functioning or the content on their own, without asking for an official update through the Play Store or the App Store. This is the behavior is weird, because as a general rule, the changes in the functionality or the content of the application seeking the release of the latest version of the young officer, which needs to be downloaded and installed on the users, with the approval of their own.

Secondly, the institute of shows out of the use of the given supplementary operation at different points in the application. While these can be used to strengthen the protection of data, they can also be “applied has the potential to hide the transfer of unwanted data”.

Temu, this is for the safety and security call for attention
To get the NTC found a flaw in the critical, security, or proof of, espionage by the Temu. On the other hand, the two aspects are identified, in and of itself, not to be malicious, raise the question of the legal security of the overall application. While waiting for the giant link, to clarify, the experts recommend the uninstallation of the app as a precaution.