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Arkansas AG lawsuit claims the number one mobile shopping app is ‘dangerous malware’
Temu says its users can “shop like a billionaire.”
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin made sweeping claims against e-commerce app Temu in a lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing the company of violating state law against deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit tees up its allegations against Temu with a description of those against Pinduoduo, which researchers believed could spy on users, according to CNN, and which the Google Play Store suspended at one point in 2023 due to security concerns with “Off-Play versions of the app.” “Temu’s conduct came to light following the removal of the Pinduoduo app from Google’s Play Store due to the presence of malware that exploited vulnerabilities in users’ phone operating systems and allowed the app not only to gain undetected access to virtually all data stored on the phones, but also to recompile itself and potentially change its properties once installed, in a manner designed to avoid detection,” the lawsuit claims, pointing to concerns from Apple about Temu’s compliance with data security transparency standards.
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