Tea, Hack and app store
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A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.
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?
Tea App debacle takes center stage after mega-breach brings uncertainty for users and the company as Web2 technology deficiencies are exposed.
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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.
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.
Tea, an app where women can swap information about men, went viral this week, riding a flood of attention on social media. It soon rocketed to the No. 1 slot in the Apple App Store’s lifestyle category, and then, promptly, the app was hacked.
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The viral app Tea asks women to rate dates and share "red flags." It may make dating more of a minefield.