Women, Tea and Security
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The viral dating safety app Tea was breached, and as a result, photo IDs, selfies, and even location details have been leaked online.
A second, major security issue with women’s dating safety app Tea has exposed much more user data than the first breach we first reported last week, with an independent security researcher now finding it was possible for hackers to access messages between users discussing abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another.
Hackers have breached the Tea app, which recently went viral as a place for women to safely talk about men, and tens of thousands of women’s selfies and photo IDs have now seemingly been leaked online.
The popular women's only dating advice app, which skyrocketed to the top of the app download charts last week, experienced a data breach Friday.
Conversations discussing abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers exposed. Following the leak, Tea has temporarily disabled DMs.
Its full name is Tea Dating Advice, and the central idea is a women-only app that gives those who are dating the ability to access background checks on men. This includes whether they have a criminal record (or if they're sex offenders), as well as reverse image searching to identify catfishing (assuming a false identity online).
The Tea app has seen a surge in popularity recently. Founded in 2023, it allows women to exchange details about local men in the area. This
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Tea, an app where women share anonymous dating reviews, is going viral. It hit No. 1 on the US Apple App Store this week.
Tea Dating Advice app rocketed to the top of Apple’s app store this week. It’s used for women to report issues with men. The point is helping keep women safe — but what about the legal issues around privacy and defamation?
A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.
A spokesperson for Tea confirmed the hack to ABC News Friday afternoon, noting it involved a database that stored around 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification submitted as users sought to verify their accounts, as well as nearly 60,000 images viewable for all app users.