Iowa accuses Temu of collecting private consumer data.
(www.courthousenews.com)
from Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 11 Jul 04:13
https://lemmy.world/post/49293408
from Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 11 Jul 04:13
https://lemmy.world/post/49293408
It’s safe to say, don’t buy cameras from shady places.
“Iowa sued Temu and its Chinese parent company on Wednesday, claiming the online retailer violates Iowans privacy rights and exposes them to spying by the Chinese government.”
Also, Cyb3rMaddy Investigated a Camera from Temu. There is some truth to China harvesting your data. But! Data was also being sent to servers in the U.S.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqQR_R-dEQ
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It’s the same data Amazon and most e-tailers collect. The difference between Temu and Amazon is Jeff Bezos attended Trump’s inauguration, while Temu is a competitor based in China, which the US considers its greatest enemy.
Yeah, that’s how email has always worked. Even if you go out of your way to use Proton, PGP, or S/MIME, your metadata is still in plaintext.
Thank you for pointing out the blatant US/western propaganda…
Most nations have ways of spying anyway. Shit, there was a convicted Chinese spy tied to an Arcadia mayor in the U.S. This whole thing isn’t propaganda. Though the U.S. for sure spies on its own people, maybe more than other countries do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVs3eSaZ_dY
It’s propaganda, because we’re supposed to be afraid of China spying on us while our own government spies on us.
What are China’s spies even going to do to me?
The U.S is just collecting my data, what are they even going to do to me?.. It’s all about your data. That is the whole point. It’s not about fearing China.
Rough you up, put you in prison, kill you, etc. My government can actually hurt me. China can’t do shit.
The word fear is not mentioned in that link. The whole point is, you shouldn’t want anybody collecting your data. From anywhere.
But why does Iowa care so much more about China collecting data than the US? The fear is implied, we’re supposed to be scared of the evil foreigners having our data while the good ol’ US companies can be trusted. Otherwise, why focus on China?
Come on, “spying by the Chinese government” is blatant fear mongering. Spying by the US government is far more concerning.
It is just because Temu’s inventory primarily ships from manufacturing hubs and warehouses in China. But the primary headquarters is in Boston, Massachusetts. Interesting. China still spies but I don’t think as much as the U.S.
Why does it matter that Temu’s inventory primarily ships from manufacturing hubs and warehouses in China?
The implication is that we’re supposed to care because it’s China. Specifically, because it’s China.
Devices actually have shown up with spyware in it. That is why. This isn’t an anti China post. It just so happens that they came from their factory.
All of our devices have spyware but Iowa doesn’t care about that! It only cares because it’s China. WHY
Because, they think it is ok for U.S. to spy in their own citizens. But not ok with China, apparently.
Yes! And that’s why this is propaganda.
China spies too, that isn’t propaganda. Did I post the wrong kind of link? Perhaps.
Do you think “propaganda” is a synonym for “lie”?
Did you not read the whole thing or do you just have to nit-pick?
“Temu customers in Iowa have submitted dozens of complaints."
“Temu “deceives Iowans about the quality of the products offered on its platform, flooding the United States and Iowa markets with substandard products,” which violates Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act.”
A state usually sues when they have actual evidence.
They would still sue if it happened with any other manufactory.
This also describes Amazon.
Nothing will ever be done about it.
Most Amazon products are also made in China. But Temu actually got caught in this case. You see? They got caught.
Amazon will never be caught because it is a US company. You see?
You already forgot. Temu’s global headquarters is still located in Boston, Massachusetts. You see?
They’re a Chinese owned company. Amazon is not. Therefore, the Chinese owned company faces consequences, the US owned company does not.
Point being, they are still heavily connected with China. There actually might be some instances of Amazon being caught. Amazon gets sued all the time!
Amazon will never face consequences. Being heavily connected with China is why they are facing consequences.
Yes they do!
“Amazon agreed to a $5.8 million settlement with the FTC following claims that Ring allowed employees and contractors unrestricted access to customer video data. The company was also hit with a class-action lawsuit in Seattle alleging its cameras collected and stored “face prints” of bystanders without consent.”
“Alexa & Fire TV: Amazon paid a $25 million penalty to settle FTC allegations that it violated children’s privacy by holding onto Alexa voice recordings longer than necessary. Additionally, a proposed class action accuses Amazon of utilizing Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to secretly spy on consumers’ Fire TV viewing habits to sell targeted ads.”
You are just being very nit picky with this specific link.
To clarify, Amazon will never be sued by Iowa, even though it’s certainly guilty of exactly the same thing as Temu.
I just gave you examples of how Amazon faced actual financial consequences because of spying. In fact, way worse than the little Iowa link I shared. I should have shared the link you helped me find, lol! You actually helped me with information.
You’re losing and you know it
Talking to people from reddit.world is exhausting.
I do admire their unwavering dedication to the clown act though.
This is no act. I am genuinely nuts. LOL!
at least you’re self aware
Thank goodness.
You said Amazon would never face consequences and they literally have.
The consequences were meaningless, fucking duh
It still made some kind of difference, duh.
No it didn’t dumbass
Millions of dollars is still something, fuck face tardo.
Not when you make billions of dollars, dumbass
It helps the people that sued them. They still got justice. El tardo.
No they didn’t dumbass
Wow! You can’t even read, you retard!
“Amazon agreed to a $5.8 million settlement with the FTC following claims that Ring allowed employees and contractors unrestricted access to customer video data. The company was also hit with a class-action lawsuit in Seattle alleging its cameras collected and stored “face prints” of bystanders without consent.”
“Alexa & Fire TV: Amazon paid a $25 million penalty to settle FTC allegations that it violated children’s privacy by holding onto Alexa voice recordings longer than necessary. Additionally, a proposed class action accuses Amazon of utilizing Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to secretly spy on consumers’ Fire TV viewing habits to sell targeted ads.”
That is being punished!
If they made more money than the penalty cost them it isn’t a punishment it’s just an operational expense, they’re still making money and they’re all walking free, they were not punished in any meaningful way, dumbass
Then why are you responding to me, you dunce?! Go write them a strongly worded letter if you are that concerned about it.
Lol try harder halfwit
Thanks for your IP, that helps with our investigations.
I said, a lot earlier in the comment chain:
And it was in a thread where the OP is about Iowa. That was the context in which I said Amazon won’t face consequences. I was clearly talking about Iowa law and why Iowa targeting Temu is biased, you bringing up Biden’s FTC making decisions three years ago to refute this. You aren’t seriously engaged with what I have to say, you just want to “win” the discussion.
I hate talking to redditeurs.
I agree with you there about the Biden stuff, yikes.
Again, you aren’t engaging with what I have to say. You’re just firing off responses as fast as you can to “win” the posting rpg.
This was about Iowa. You did nothing to show that Iowa gives a shit about Amazon.
Iowa is just a state that had evidence of this. That is all. I don’t know why you are so upset with this random state.
This thread is about Iowa. I don’t know why you can’t stay on topic. Iowa is targeting Temu because they’re Chinese and won’t go after US companies that do the exact same things, or worse, because they’re US companies. I don’t know why you refuse to talk about Iowa in a thread about Iowa.
Well of course the U.S. does this. But you are refusing to acknowledge that Iowa actually has proof of it.
I never once did that. I never said the article is false. My points were always:
Temu is doing what every other US company is doing, and US companies collecting our data are more dangerous because they can actually hurt me.
A double standard is being applied to Temu because of Chinese ownership, and reporting on this without acknowledging that double standard is propaganda.
There are other companies getting sued! This was just a very specific instance. You even mentioned Amazon and they were sued too.
Iowa is not suing Amazon and we are talking about Iowa.
Several US states are suing Temu! Holy shit! This was just about the Iowa one!
This thread isn’t about other states. This thread is about Iowa.
Why is Iowa suing Temu and not suing Amazon for collecting private consumer data?
Losing what? We are all losing. I just shared a small fish example link, when there were bigger fish out there like Amazon I should have posted.
No, you specifically are losing despite your obvious effort
I lost because I shared the wrong kind of link, yes. The Amazon one is much worse.
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You are literally on here arguing anonymously too. Lol, odds are, you don’t have one at all.
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Wow, you are one angry trans, Flabber.
Yep
“I didn’t use the word fear therefore it isn’t fear mongering” lol
It’s not much mongering as they have proof. Just like the Amazon ones.
It’s not working
The US can send shit to my government. China isn’t part of the five eyes or whatever.
Or the eyes wide shut?
Send cops to your door, imprison you, kill you, etc. The US has many political prisoners, and even jailed a mother for discussing abortion with her teenage daughter over facebook.
This happened in The UK just for viewing or liking a post.
Which doesn’t change the point which is that your own government has far more agency over you than a foreign one.
Not my government.
It appears that you are in need of help with reading comprehension here because I was not talking about any particular government.
You appear unaware that English is not my first language.
Neither is it my first language, what’s your point?
English no so good.
Technically valid but extremely rich coming from a US state of all places.
iowaspulse.com/iowa-flock-license-plate-cameras-p…
Safe to say they’re not against spying in general.
If you’re an average American, the spying Iowa allows and embraces put you in far graver danger than spying by China who doesn’t give a shit about you or what you have to say about them. America, as we’ve seen, cares slightly more about what Americans say than China does.
I’d stay clear of Temu mainly because it’s a shitty platform replete with blatant scams and you risk losing your money. Go to an actually reputable Chinese site if you want to buy from one, or don’t if you don’t.
Also don’t buy cloud/app enabled cameras if you give a shit about privacy. From anywhere, period, because doing so guarantees you’ll be spied on by someone, China or otherwise. Roll your own local network camera system with hardware and software you control or get ones that only record to local storage with no smart features.
Its also especially rich considering the US state has access to even disabled nest door cameras, which amazon is happy to give them.
Even someone who is completely sinophobic, would have to concede that the PRC, even if it wanted to, could not send police to your door.
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