Tea Dating Advice, a dating safety app for women, experienced a significant security breach, revealing 72,000 images along with posts and comments. This incident impacted 1.6 million users, primarily women, who had signed up before February 2024. The hacked data included verification images that the app claims would be deleted immediately. Despite assurances of privacy, the breach raises concerns about user safety. The app provides features like background checks and enables women to flag dangerous behaviors, yet it has faced criticism for being anti-men amidst its rising popularity.
A dating safety app called Tea Dating Advice has been hacked, exposing 72,000 images and posts from its 1.6 million predominantly female users, despite its privacy assurances.
The app, launched by Sean Cook, allows women to conduct background checks on men and anonymously share 'red flag' behaviors, aiming to enhance dating safety.
The breach affected users who signed up before February 2024 and included images meant for verification, which the company's privacy policy stated would be deleted immediately.
Tea is collaborating with cybersecurity experts to address the breach and has been facing criticism over its perceived anti-men stance, even as its user base grows rapidly.
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