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10 women have sued the Tea app after user photos were hacked and leaked online (www.nbcnews.com)
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The Tea app, made for women to anonymously share information about men in their areas with other women, has been hit with 10 potential class action lawsuits in federal and state courts after a data breach led to the leak of thousands of selfies, ID photos and private conversations online.

All of the lawsuits allege that Tea Dating Advice Inc., the company that created the Tea app, was negligent in its data practices and breached a contract with its users.

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[-] muhyb@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

I was seeing this app name recently and finally learned what it's about. So it's a gossip app.

[-] murvel@feddit.nu 17 points 3 months ago

It's a dox app, operating legally some how.

[-] trinsec@piefed.social 11 points 3 months ago

Doesn't sound worse than those 'bang lists' guys make in closed Telegram communities.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

Didn't know about those. That's disgusting!

[-] BryceBassitt 5 points 3 months ago

Neither are good in my opinion

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