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Posted on 07/27/2025 7:09:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A dating safety app that allows women to do background checks on men and anonymously share "red flag" behaviour has been hacked, exposing thousands of members' images, posts and comments.
Tea Dating Advice, a US-based women-only app with 1.6 million users, said there had been "unauthorised access" to 72,000 images submitted by women.
Some included images of women holding photo identification for verification purposes, which Tea's own privacy policy promises are "deleted immediately" after authentication.
Tea said the breach affected members who signed up before February 2024.
Tea lets women check whether potential partners are married or registered sex offenders as well as run reverse image searches to protect against "catfishing", where people use fake online identities.
But one of the most controversial aspects of Tea is that it allows women to share information on men they have dated to "avoid red flags" but also highlight those with "green flag" qualities.
The company said the breached photos "can in no way be linked to posts within Tea".
The firm blocks screenshots so that posts are not shared outside the app.
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The company was set up in November 2022 by Sean Cook, a software engineer who said he was inspired to create Tea after witnessing his mother's online dating experiences.
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I've heard about this site or sites like it. They allegedly are supposed to be for women to trade information on men they are dating. Its supposed to be for "safety" but the article I read says that its basically a place for women to gossip about men they dated. Is the man two-timing a woman? Does he "ghost" her after sleeping with her? Is he cheap? Is he good in bed? What does he look like? I can see why a man would hack a site like this.
Imagine an app that vetted (rated) men.
Imagine an app that vetted (rated) women.
Poor fellow! Scarred for life!
Regards,
“which Tea’s own privacy policy promises are “deleted immediately” after authentication.”
This is a the most important thing about this article. No, no one EVER deletes anything. “Your data is safe with us” is the biggest lie of the century. The only way you are safe is to never give any data to them in the first place.
I’ve always heard that some women complain about men to discourage other women.
A woman having a “Tea” account should be regarded as a red flag. She will gossip and complain about you to other women in your area.
The developers stored users IDs (driver license images) in an unprotected directory.
When “Vibe Coding” goes wrong. We’re going to start seeing a lot of this with AI-generated code.
Rush Limbaugh’s Undeniable Rule of Life #24.
The most fun would be to leave no evidence of being hacked but to randomly link the photos and comments on them.
I think the premise of this website is revolting, but I also think the women will have a really strong legal case. The technical details behind this “hack” are cringeworthy. Absolutely fundamental cybersecurity practice was completely neglected.
The firm blocks screenshots so that posts are not shared outside the app.
They can’t be serious, can they?
Someone could just take a picture with another device at the very least — surely there are other workarounds.
What am I talking about? There are several screen captures posted above.
Now that the women have been doxed I wonder if men can/will file libel cases against them.
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