Apps like Temu or TokTok. Or those cheap electronic devices where you have to download a questionable app and register an account. What exactly is being stolen and what is being done with it? Who is doing it? Why?

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    apart from all the stuff already mentioned, some apps arise from a really insidious industry: blackmail through personal loan apps.

    these apps fetch your contact details and the scumbags behind them exploit this info at your cost.

    here’s a bbc expose on this with more info: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66964510

    and then there’s sms. especially when bank balance alerts are sent, that’s gold for marketers.