Tea, app and data breach
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The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked.
The Tea Dating Advice app lets women review men and check backgrounds, but a data breach has ignited privacy concerns.
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 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.
A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.
There's a new app in the app store and many on TikTok have been sharing their unfiltered thoughts. The Tea app has everyone talking.