Americans Warned to Stop Shopping via Chinese App Temu

The top prosecutor in Arkansas warned Tuesday that Americans should be wary of using the Temu marketplace app because it’s effectively a “data theft business.” “The threat from China is not new, and it is real,” Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin told Fox Business on Tuesday, a week after his office filed a lawsuit against the company. “Temu is not an online marketplace like Amazon or Walmart. It’s a data theft business that sells goods as a means to an end.” He added that it is “common for an online marketplace like Amazon, like Walmart, to collect certain consumer data as part of the normal course of business. I think we all know that that’s not what’s going on here.” Instead, he told the outlet, the company is using malware and spyware to “get into your phone, your device, and to collect your data.”...