Tea App A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
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At least they’re honest, they did spill tea.
A whole lot of tea.
Did they use Tea app to spill tea about the shitty security practices of Tea app?
Do they spill tea there about the app's founder, Sean Cook, and frivolous claims of a safe space that preserves anonymity? -
That's what the creator of the site said it was for.
And that's what the people seeking to ban encryption claim it to be for, as well. Doesn't make it true.
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And that's what the people seeking to ban encryption claim it to be for, as well. Doesn't make it true.
What is the truth, then?
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It's not great, but it's an acceptable kludge if you're the one holding everyone back and you can't figure out the problem immediately. Set it to public, let the devs get to work and research the problem until you find a real solution.
The test environment data should be generic so if someone were to discover the bucket they'll get some pictures of cats and a bunch of people who live at 12345 anywhere street.
What? No, this is a horrible practice.
If you can't figure out how to set identity-based ACLs you shouldn't be working in technology!
Oh I'll just set this shit to any/any and figure out later. FUCK ANYONE WHO DOES THIS IN THEIR LEFT EAR. -
That's what the creator of the site said it was for.
Yeah, and the US Marshall's service said Operation Flagship was just a football sweepstakes.
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What is/was the Tea app actually like? - r/AskWomen
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Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats
The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members.
BleepingComputer (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
If you're out of the loop, I found this article fairly helpful for a primer on the issues. It's CNN, but I can't be arsed to find a more kosher source.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/us/tea-app-dating-privacy-cec
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Nah, they just go bankrupt.
1 week free access to the service that did it in the first place is my favorite class action outcome.
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What is the truth, then?
That this app was set up for libel and doxxing, and would be abhorrent if the demographics were switched at all.
You know the "pro features" included address and phone number? Never mind the unaccountable reviews the reviewed can't even see making targeted harassment campaigns easier, posting "address and phone number" is "bad."
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That this app was set up for libel and doxxing, and would be abhorrent if the demographics were switched at all.
You know the "pro features" included address and phone number? Never mind the unaccountable reviews the reviewed can't even see making targeted harassment campaigns easier, posting "address and phone number" is "bad."
You believe that women are more likely to lie about a man than tell the truth?
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No, of course I'm not saying that. It's a profoundly stupid idea because it is so open to abuse. That doesn't mean that the majority of users are abusing it, though, which seems to be what you're claiming.
I can't think of any way to use the app that doesn't rely on posting pictures and personal information of people without their consent.
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You believe that women are more likely to lie about a man than tell the truth?
On that app*
Maybe.
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I can't think of any way to use the app that doesn't rely on posting pictures and personal information of people without their consent.
I guess if you think "This dude acts kinda rapey" qualifies as "personal information".
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What is/was the Tea app actually like? - r/AskWomen
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Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats
The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members.
BleepingComputer (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
its like the ashley madison drama, which exposed cheating.
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its like the ashley madison drama, which exposed cheating.
I was today years old when I learned that Ashley Madison is still in operation
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Warning I'm going off memory and I'm too lazy to check this.
One of the articles on the first data leek mentioned it became big on the google play store shortly before the leek. It probably just wasn't around long enough for you to notice it.
The article linked above asserts that it was a "legacy portion" of the database that got leaked, and that all the leaked data is from February 2024 and earlier. So this vulnerability apparently existed for at least 18 months. The timing of the leak coincides with a spike in popularity which brought wider attention down on it, and finally someone without the desire to implicitly trust it gave it a look.
Which says to me that in the few years this app has existed, it was never scrutinized, not by anyone on the dev side and not by anyone on the user side. That's fascinating to me.
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To be fair, that alone wouldn’t be misandrist, if it weren’t exclusively for woman perpetrators targeting exclusively men as their victims.
I agree, a machine for doxing people in general is misanthropist, a machine for doxing men specifically is misandrist.
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If you're out of the loop, I found this article fairly helpful for a primer on the issues. It's CNN, but I can't be arsed to find a more kosher source.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/us/tea-app-dating-privacy-cec
404media did a great piece about what happened. available as podcast too. https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/
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Was this app made by misogynists?
Did they "accidentally" fuck up on purpose?that’s my theory. how can you be so grossly negligent to expose all your data with no ACLs. especially when collecting personal identification
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What is/was the Tea app actually like? - r/AskWomen
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Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats
The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members.
BleepingComputer (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Don't want your information on the internet? don't upload it to anyone on or over the internet, it really is a fucking simple concept.
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At least some of the negligence is on Google, for the atrocious default security settings in Firebase
The vulnerability is called hospital gown because they leave the back end wide open by design. It's not even a traditional vulnerability, since it's technically working as intended
