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does Temu use any open source software? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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it would be good to know if they use it, I know it doesn't indicate they are open source (which, most online stores aren't), but if they use any open source library, or api, etc, do they credit them correctly? (for example using software licensed under BSD, etc). That can be a way of knowing if they are stealing other people's data or not.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think we alread know, that Temu is fraudulent. They pay 30 bucks for every order out ouf their hand. The app itself is malicious and should be able to execute any command from the Temu servers. The German news website heise.de had an article about that.

Article: https://www.heise.de/news/Die-Wahrheit-ueber-Temu-Unsere-Test-Bestellung-9359705.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Also the dev team is thr same as the one behind Pindonduo, a malicious app that was taken off the Play store a few months prior, literally both were made by the exact same team of the same 100 developers. Here's a report in English: https://grizzlyreports.com/we-believe-pdd-is-a-dying-fraudulent-company-and-its-shopping-app-temu-is-cleverly-hidden-spyware-that-poses-an-urgent-security-threat-to-u-s-national-interests/