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Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims
  • That source looks better indeed.

    Ars quotes nonsense like “bypasses the security” and “exploit the user”.

    Those terms have meaning and they aren’t applicable here.

    At the end though they do say things like

    is able to hack your phone from the moment you install the app

    Without any credible evidence.

  • Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims
  • The claim is they completely bypass all Android and iOS security is pretty unbelievable.

    If so then the real discussion is how these zero day exploits are just sitting around.

    EDIT: It seems the focus is on Android but all the information is nonsensical, like AI generated buzzword bingo.

  • I was looking at the firefox flatpak on flathub. Won't this warning make a non tech-savy user anxious? This might make them think they'll get a virus or something like that.
  • It’s very accurate. A distro will audit a few packages they deem high risk, such as suid binaries. Once an audit is complete they will often not re-audit it. At that point you rely on third parties for audits.

    Flatpak is sometimes, not always, simply a more secure package. You can audit the sources like anywhere else.

  • Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming to European Union at Launch Due to DMA
  • There are a lot of vague interoperability concerns in the DMA but it seems limited in scope to me:

     The gatekeeper shall make at least the following basic functionalities referred to in paragraph 1 interoperable where the gatekeeper itself provides those functionalities to its own end users:
    
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    | (a) | following the listing in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9):(i)

	

end-to-end text messaging between two individual end users;(ii)

	

sharing of images, voice messages, videos and other attached files in end to end communication between two individual end users; |
    
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    | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
    | (b) | within 2 years from the designation:(i)

	

end-to-end text messaging within groups of individual end users;(ii)

	

sharing of images, voice messages, videos and other attached files in end-to-end communication between a group chat and an individual end user; |
    
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    | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | (c) | within 4 years from the designation:(i)

	

end-to-end voice calls between two individual end users;(ii)

	

end-to-end video calls between two individual end users;(iii)

	

end-to-end voice calls between a group chat and an individual end user;(iv)

	

end-to-end video calls between a group chat and an individual end user. |
    

    Later sections just focus on “interpersonal communications services”.

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