Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt states that it’s somehow breaking the permissions sandbox by dynamically recompiling code after the app is opened. Unless there is some undisclosed exploit that it’s using to break the sandbox, it’s outside most people’s understanding of how these platforms work
MoonRaven@feddit.nl 2 months ago
It only explains how it would pass (automatic) reviews. Not how it would bypass the sandbox. So yeah, you’re right, not enough info sadly.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Someone else posted this report in this thread which does a good job of the deceptive practices and API calls the app uses to trick the user into giving permissions up willingly and otherwise collect data it shouldn’t.