A women's dating safety app that promised privacy is now facing backlash after two back-to-back breaches exposed deeply personal data, from selfies to sensitive conversations.Image generated with ChatGPTA viral dating
A women's dating safety app that promised privacy is now facing backlash after two back-to-back breaches exposed deeply personal data, from selfies to sensitive conversations.

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A viral dating safety app designed for women, Tea, has experienced two significant data breaches in quick succession. The breaches exposed highly sensitive user information, including selfies, identity documents, and over a million direct messages.

The first breach involved an exposed Firebase database containing user selfies and ID images, which later appeared on image boards. The second breach, discovered by security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi and verified by 404 Media, involved a separate, more recent database that included private user conversations.


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